Re: [DISCUSS] Phone USF tax

[greg <frog@intertek.net>]

You've hit a sore spot there Doc.

On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 23:49, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 13:19, William Underwood wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 May 2003 16:43:14 GMT
> >  mike808@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> > >Any URLs for more info?
> > 
> > http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1997/da971374.html
> > 
> > Appears to pay for telecom for schools...
> 
> William is exactly right. This is the source of so-called "E-Funding"
> for Internet service for schools and libraries. Yes, it's a tax, and the
> only way for you to "opt out" is not to have phone service at all. 
> 
> Like so many ideas that started off well-intentioned, E-Funding has
> turned into yet another way for Microsoft to cram its proprietary
> product mix down our municiple throats -- for money, of course. The most
> disgusting example I've seen was Granite City high school. Can anyone
> explain to me why they would need a 250-user license for Exchange 2000?
> And the hardware necessary to host that many mailboxes? In one high
> school???
> 
> E-Funding should be tailor-made for the LTSP. Spend half as much for
> hardware and practically nothing for software. Get 5-7 years of life out
> of each hardware generation instead of 2-3. Give students what they
> need: a solid browser and access to the Internet. Along the way, 2 or 3
> students in 100 might find "the real thing" so interesting they decide
> to pursue careers in computer science. At that rate, in ten years or so,
> this country wouldn't need 150,000 H1B visas a year to overcome our
> "shortage" of skilled workers.
> 
> --Doc
> 
> 
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