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

[patrick fisher]

I think we are busy enough right now. And there is too much to do before SCN could
even consider such a plan. 

However, it was I who asked that the pot be stirred.

My only point to bringing up Prarienet is that someone, somewhere, is providing
low-cost internet service. Somehow.

I didn't mean to imply anything else.

P-


--- emailer1 <emailer1 at netzero.net> wrote:
>  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>
> To: <scn at scn.org>
> 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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