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A-~-fc~c~m~~~ Z <br /> <br />To: Laura Blackmon, County Manager <br />From: Todd Jones, Information Services Director <br />Date: May 7, 2009 <br />Subject: Possible Broadband Partnership with Local School Districts <br />Following the April 16, 2009 work session, I contacted my counterparts at both school systems <br />about possibly partnering with them for .broadband services. They reminded me that schools <br />qualify for a special "e-Rate" pricing with broadband providers that is conferred only for school <br />and libraries. Thus, there is no viable common cost model that could be used between the <br />County and the school systems. Aside from cost incompatibilities, there are other logistical <br />obstacles regarding allocation of bandwidth between organizations' discrete Wide Area Network. <br />However, it would seem that the a-Rate issue is a deal breaker from the get go. <br />., <br />.~ <br />• <br />