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I have a few questions:

	1.  If a _school_ enters into a partnership with a community
center, e.g., to support  -- pursuant to some sort of formal agreement
between the school and the center -- the educational objectives that the
school has for its students, will the community center be able to
piggyback on the school's application for connectivity discounts under
the Telecom Act?
	2.  If a _library_ enters into a partnership with a community
center to support its outreach and availability of its services to
citizens, e.g., will the community center be able to piggyback on the
library's application for connectivity discounts under the Telecom Act?
	3.  Will PUC consider extending PA's interpretation of the
universal service to include consortia of community locations that
support the objectives of the schools and libraries, e.g.?  Of course, I
imagine it would be desirable to establish some sort of formal
agreements and parameters (agreed to by all the parties) for such
consortia to function effectively.  Such a activities would appear to
extend the distributive power inherent in telecom technology, so that
the Commonwealth begins to develop some of the elements of *virtual
schools* and *virtual libraries*.  PUC's in California and Wisconsin,
e.g., have already started to plan for such things.  We are developing
local networks in the Pittsburgh region, right now, that would be
candidates for this type of arrangement in partnership with schools and
libraries.  Pittsburgh Public Schools' own community focus (through the
Common Knowledge:Pittsburgh effort) is consistent with what I'm
suggesting.  And the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is already a partner
with the City government and some community locations in extending its
network to include them.  
				Regards,
				Dave Farley


Dave Farley
Grants and Development Officer
Office of the Mayor
512 City County Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
PHONE:	(412) 255-4765
FAX:	(412) 255-2687
EMAIL:	dave.farley@city.pittsburgh.pa.us

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