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).