assignment one, round two

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Good afternoon,
It struck me today that a potential flaw in the entire erate plan is the
lack of incentives for the vendors. No matter how great of a discount, or
where ever the service goes, they will be reimbursed at their designated
full rate. That is a clear disincentive. (Deregulation of the cable tv
industry raised my rates. Did anyone get more service and lower fees in the
Commonwealth?)

Each vendor wants to expand their current customer base...and keep their
current customers at the same time. Any move by one firm to take customers
from a second will incite a round of predatory price decreases by the
loser...great for the consumers in the short term, but not true reform...and
counterproductive to investing in the required infrastructure for rural
communities. 

And I would not be exaggerating to say that one telecom vendor has already
told my tech guy that the price reflected in a recent proposal for our
business was designed so that the library would continue to pay the same
actual dollar amount to his company...as much as I want a discount for the
libraries in my district, as a taxpayer I have to wonder if this whole plan
is a corporate welfare scheme for telecom firms?  

But all of the pleading on my part and others, will not upgrade telecom in
rural areas without an incentive for the vendors...they have and will
continue to ignore rural citizens as long as possible.
cliff
Cliff Farides

District Consultant
North Central Library District
Home Email: cjf@technologist.com
Phone: 717-326-0536
Fax: 717-323-6938

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