ICASA E-rate battle stage set

The E-rate dates back to November 2001 in a document entitled Strategy for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education, but since then very little has transpired other than broken promises and big dreams.
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Wow, this ICASA bunch really move fast huh? :D
 
Schools - the breakout point for WUG Internet

I was just wondering if schools could put some decent antennas on their roofs and then start providing low-cost wifi Intermet to the surrounding neighbourhoods...would that be illegal? With unlimited 4MB Internet connections going for about R3K/month, this will mean the school can scxore a line at R1500/month. Add 20 users per line @ R200/month and the school can start making a tidy profit every month from its low-cost Internet connection...MMMmmmmm...
 
CritiKill said:
I was just wondering if schools could put some decent antennas on their roofs and then start providing low-cost wifi Intermet to the surrounding neighbourhoods...would that be illegal? With unlimited 4MB Internet connections going for about R3K/month, this will mean the school can scxore a line at R1500/month. Add 20 users per line @ R200/month and the school can start making a tidy profit every month from its low-cost Internet connection...MMMmmmmm...
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no, not feasible at all. A major technical and administrative headache, not to mention that the license fees to set up a WISP are pretty expensive. Schools are in the business of educating kids, not providing internet to other third parties.
 
CritiKill said:
I was just wondering if schools could put some decent antennas on their roofs and then start providing low-cost wifi Intermet to the surrounding neighbourhoods...would that be illegal? With unlimited 4MB Internet connections going for about R3K/month, this will mean the school can scxore a line at R1500/month. Add 20 users per line @ R200/month and the school can start making a tidy profit every month from its low-cost Internet connection...MMMmmmmm...
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The WUG's don't supply internet.
 
Garyvdh said:
no, not feasible at all. A major technical and administrative headache, not to mention that the license fees to set up a WISP are pretty expensive. Schools are in the business of educating kids, not providing internet to other third parties.
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Well, it could be educational if you let kids manage and run the service. People should obviously know that when they sign up for the service, and would probably only work in high schools :)
ICASA / Government might have to become involved though to get the legal stuff right.
 
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