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

[Sue Hovey]

Agreed. Sure is a short window for signing on isn't it. 

Sent from my iPad Sue Hovey

On Jul 31, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> The Ednetics option is less expensive, more reliable, and (DAMMIT!) they're local.
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> Courtesy of today's (July 31, 2013) Spokesman-Review.
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> CdA schools to pass on statewide Wi-Fi contract
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.”
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> 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.”
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> 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.
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> 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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> Ednetics
> http://www.ednetics.com/
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> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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