TABLE 1 Single-PC Dial-up Model Costs (dollars)

Low High
SCHOOL COSTS
Onetime Installation Costs
Telephone line 100 250
Modem 150 250
Total 250 500
Annual Operating Costs
Replacement of equipment 50 150
Telephone line (10 hr/month) 300 1,500
Total 350 1,650
DISTRICT OFFICE COSTS
Onetime Installation Costs
File server 2,000 10,000
Data line to WAN/Internet (56 kbps) 500 2,000
Training (2 to 4 teachers per school) 1,000 10,000
Total 3,500 22,000
Annual Operating Costs
Internet service (56 kbps) 5,000 10,000
Support 2,000 10,000
Training 1,000 5,000
Total 8,000 25,000
U.S. ONETIME COST
Onetime cost per student 1.68 $8.47
Total 70,000,000 370,000,000
U.S. ANNUAL COST
Annual cost per student 3.40 11.71
Total 150,000,000 520,000,000

SOURCE: Rothstein (1994).