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Extracurricular :: For technologists who do their homework

11/01/08

Is a Bandwidth Crisis Approaching?

ABOUT 54 PERCENT OF SURVEYED TECH DIRECTORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OBTAINING FUNDING FOR BANDWIDTH, REGARDLESS OF THE SOURCE
ROUGHLY ONE-THIRD OF RESPONDENTS REPORT CONCERNS ABOUT OBTAINING SUFFICIENT BANDWIDTH, REGARDLESS OF THEIR DISTRICTS' ABILITY TO PAY
MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF SURVEYED DISTRICTS OBTAIN INTERNET ACCESS FROM STATEWIDE NETWORKS
TELEPHONE COMPANIES ARE A MORE COMMON SOURCE OF INTERNET ACCESS THAN CABLE COMPANIES

—Data courtesy of Jeanne Hayes (The Hayes Connection) and Tom Greaves (The Greaves Group).
Read about the full report, "America's Digital Schools 2007: A Five-Year Forecast,"here.

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