Onetime Savings | Ongoing Savings | |||
Type of Program | Low | High | Low | High |
Reduced telecom rates (30 percent reduction) | 89 | 218 | 39 | 150 |
Reduced telecom rates (60 percent reduction) | 179 | 435 | 78 | 300 |
Purchasing by states (30 percent reduction) | 1,889 | 4,136 | 45 | 189 |
Support from universities | 0 | 0 | 790 | 1,800 |
Teachers trained on own time | 0 | 1,500 | 0 | 300 |
Free labor for installing network | 1,125 | 3,088 | 0 | 0 |
Donation of PCs | 5,100 | 10,200 | 0 | 0 |
Donation of routers and CSU/DSUs | 221 | 425 | 0 | 0 |
Donation of servers | 370 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 |
Free Internet connectivity | 0 | 0 | 150 | 630 |
SOURCE: Rothstein (1994).