US/ND-3: Re: Residential subsidy? -Was:The FCC's and State Commission's Role

Re: Residential subsidy? -Was:The FCC's and State Commission's Role

Betty Dawn Hamilton (bhamilt@tenet.edu)
Mon, 9 Sep 1996 19:43:23 -0500 (CDT) 

Jack McFadden wrote:

> Business rates are indeed higher, implying either that business users put
> more load on the network and actually cost more to serve, or telcos make a
> better profit margin serving business customers, or both.

And aren't most schools charged as *businesses* and not as residential?  
I am aware that lines which are used primarily for distance learning are 
given a 25% discount (or they are in this state, anyway), but I don't 
know if all people who ask for extra lines are aware of that.

I also know that different schools subscribe to different long distance 
carriers -- and some of these carriers do not yet provide internet access 
for their customers.  We're working on it; although I consider $19.95 for 
100 hours as probably more than my library will be able to afford since 
we will have 630 students needing to access information via the internet 
at various times. I'm just not sure how far 100 hours will go.  We can 
have fundraising activities, but that doesn't guarantee a consistent 
source of money to pay for connectivity.

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