Education First Components
Pacific Bell Is:
- Providing free digital service for one year supporting telecomputing and interactive telelearning applications.
- Providing up to five ISDN lines per school or library
- One line for telecomputing (e.g. Internet access)
- One line if the school or library chooses to use a "hub" architecture to support their telecomputing needs
- Up to three lines for interactive telelearning (videoconferencing)
- For the Education First ISDN lines:
- Free ISDN installation
- No monthly ISDN charges for up to one year
- Free usage within Pacific Bell's service area for up to one year
- Free inside wiring from the telephone closet to the telephone jack for up to two rooms per school or library
- Developing education access rates that will ensure affordable telecommunications connectivity for all schools and libraries in the state.
- Connecting schools and libraries to the Company's broadband network as it is deployed.
- Providing intra-building wiring at up to two sites at Education First customer locations.
- Contributing $5 million in "seed money" to organize and support a drive to raise the funds needed to wire every classroom in the state for full broadband capability.
- Spearheading, through Pacific Bell President Phil Quigley, a public/private consortium to ensure that every California classroom and library is wired and equipped for full access to the communications superhighway by the year 2000.
- Expanding its partnership with the Detwiler Foundation for placing donated computers in the schools.
- To donate computers, please call 800-939-6000
- To receive computers, please call 619-456-9045
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Fielding dedicated resource teams to work with schools and libraries to help them fully utilize their new telecommunications opportunities.
- Supporting a Customer Advisory Panel to work on issues such as staff development, teacher training, technical support, and funding and program coordination.
- Negotiating with vendors to achieve substantial hardware discounts for schools.
Schools or Libraries Will Need to Provide:
- For Telecomputing
- Computers, associated applications software and communications software
- Bridges/routers
- ISDN NT1s (Network Termination equipment) and power supplies
- Terminal Adapters
- File Servers (optional)
- Connectors
- Inside classroom LAN wiring
- Internet service
- For Interactive Telelearning
- Videoconferencing equipment
- Inverse multiplexers
- ISDN NT1s and power supplies