[Vision2020] Perhaps the MSD should follow the Cd'A school district's example

[Donovan Arnold]

Reread the poorly written article. The $278,000 is the school districts contract for the Internet. $6000 is the cost per high school, not every school. It doesn't surprise me that individual school districts can find cheaper and better ways to get Internet connections then the State. It has become very obvious that politicians are giving lucrative government contracts to their friends and campaign contributors rather then finding the deal that is best for the taxpayer. 3/4 of politicians belong in prison. 
 
Donovan J. Arnold
 

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 From: Wayne Price <bear at moscow.com>
To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Perhaps the MSD should follow the Cd'A school	district's example
  


Unfortunately, you must have gone to school in Idaho, the math doesn't work out to $6,000.00 !
$278,000.00  divided by 17 schools is  $16, 352.94

And I'd be against any plan where a school district gets bogged down owning  Wi-FI equipment that is out of date by the time it gets installed.

Wayne





On Jul 31, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:

The Ednetics option is less expensive, more reliable, and (DAMMIT!) they're local.
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>CdA schools to pass on statewide Wi-Fi contract
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>The Coeur d’Alene School District has announced that it’s selected Ednetics, a Post Falls firm, to provide Wi-Fi service districtwide, including all 17 schools, rather than sign onto a controversial statewide high school Wi-Fi contract signed last week by state Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna with a Nashville firm.
>The $278,000 deal with Ednetics is up for final school board approval on Monday, but it’s been long in the works. It’s part of a bond issue voters approved last August.
>Wendell Wardell, chief operating officer for the district, said Tuesday that the district wanted one platform for all its schools, not two; it wanted local support for the products; and it wanted a “sturdy system” that could be up and running as soon as possible. He said the Ednetics network will be higher-powered than what the state’s offering; it’ll cost much less; and it’ll be “online and running by Nov. 1.”
>Plus, Wardell said, “We’ll own the equipment, as opposed to a vendor owning the equipment and having it reside in our buildings. We didn’t feel comfortable with that.”
>When he compared costs between the state network and the Ednetics network for Coeur d’Alene’s three high schools, Wardell said, he found that service from Ednetics would cost less than $6,000 per high school, while the state contract’s costs could be around $23,000 per school.
>School districts have until midnight Thursday to decide whether to opt into the statewide contract. “We’ve got a better system,” Wardell said. “We’ve got a better mousetrap, and we’re pretty excited about it.”
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>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
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