SCN: Prarienet.org - community network - check it out

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 Actually, this is an assumption (that the university structure means that
Prairienet's methods won't work for SCNA).  It sounds to me like the methods
of this group should be thoroughly investigated, to the point of -- when
enough has been learned -- having Patrick and others from the Ops Committee
fly out and spend a few days talking to these folks.  In one way or another,
they have accomplished what SCNA has not been able to do:  (1) PPP
capability;  (2) much better level of financial support; and (3) paid staff.
It is possible that very little of their methods willl apply to SCNA, but it
is important to do an in-depth examination of them IN CASE they have much to
show us.

----- Original Message -----
From: J. Johnson <jj at scn.org>
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Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: SCN: Prarienet.org - community network - check it out


> So looking over several examples of nominally successful not-for-profit
> ISP and similar entities shows a trend:  their "business" model is to
> associate with some large school where there is a lot of money, excess
> bandwidth, facilities, and cheap graduate students, and no particular
> concern about meeting quarterly profit targets.
>
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