US/ND-1: Telcom Act as Part of Larger ET Strategy
Telcom Act as Part of Larger ET Strategy
Gergory G. Nadeau (gnadeau@doe.mass.edu)
Wed, 28 Aug 1996 17:45:34 -0400
We in Massachusetts are trying to develop a comprehensive strategy to
educational technology. We see the Universal Service provision of the
Telecommunications Act as one piece of the solution, but clearly not
the entire solution.
To that end, I am interested in narrowing the scope of the subsidy to
focus on inter-district connectivity, but deepen the level of subsidy.
In other words, I would hope that we could achieve free internet
access at escalating transmition speeds to all schools that have put
in place the local area network, workstations, training, and support
that they need.
I am concerned that broadening the focus will make the impact too
difuse and complicate the integration of universal service with other
funding initiatives.
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