❓ A parliamentary question regarding the expansion of information technology capacity in Western Australian state schools, specifically concerning bandwidth increases and associated costs in metropolitan and regional areas. The Minister's response details the rationale behind the bandwidth decisions, cost considerations, and equity concerns.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN STATE SCHOOLS
With reference to the minister’s statement of June 2001 with regard to expansion of information technology capacity in state schools - (1) With regard to the expansion of the bandwidth to a capacity 156 times faster than was previously available in 400 metropolitan schools, how was the decision made to increase the bandwidth to this extent rather than some more modest increase to meet school needs over the next three years? (2) How was the decision made to make the bandwidth in 370 larger regional schools 32 times faster? (3) What is the total cost of the bandwidth expansion program over three years? (4) What is the total cost for the 10 megabits per second bandwidth expansion in metropolitan schools? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD
With reference to the minister’s statement of June 2001 with regard to expansion of information technology capacity in state schools - (1) With regard to the expansion of the bandwidth to a capacity 156 times faster than was previously available in 400 metropolitan schools, how was the decision made to increase the bandwidth to this extent rather than some more modest increase to meet school needs over the next three years? (2) How was the decision made to make the bandwidth in 370 larger regional schools 32 times faster? (3) What is the total cost of the bandwidth expansion program over three years? (4) What is the total cost for the 10 megabits per second bandwidth expansion in metropolitan schools? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(1) With regard to the expansion of the bandwidth to a capacity 156 times faster than was previously available in 400 metropolitan schools, how was the decision made to increase the bandwidth to this extent rather than some more modest increase to meet school needs over the next three years? (2) How was the decision made to make the bandwidth in 370 larger regional schools 32 times faster? (3) What is the total cost of the bandwidth expansion program over three years? (4) What is the total cost for the 10 megabits per second bandwidth expansion in metropolitan schools? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(2) How was the decision made to make the bandwidth in 370 larger regional schools 32 times faster? (3) What is the total cost of the bandwidth expansion program over three years? (4) What is the total cost for the 10 megabits per second bandwidth expansion in metropolitan schools? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(3) What is the total cost of the bandwidth expansion program over three years? (4) What is the total cost for the 10 megabits per second bandwidth expansion in metropolitan schools? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(4) What is the total cost for the 10 megabits per second bandwidth expansion in metropolitan schools? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(1) With regard to the expansion of the bandwidth to a capacity 156 times faster than was previously available in 400 metropolitan schools, how was the decision made to increase the bandwidth to this extent rather than some more modest increase to meet school needs over the next three years? (2) How was the decision made to make the bandwidth in 370 larger regional schools 32 times faster? (3) What is the total cost of the bandwidth expansion program over three years? (4) What is the total cost for the 10 megabits per second bandwidth expansion in metropolitan schools? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(2) How was the decision made to make the bandwidth in 370 larger regional schools 32 times faster? (3) What is the total cost of the bandwidth expansion program over three years? (4) What is the total cost for the 10 megabits per second bandwidth expansion in metropolitan schools? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(3) What is the total cost of the bandwidth expansion program over three years? (4) What is the total cost for the 10 megabits per second bandwidth expansion in metropolitan schools? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(4) What is the total cost for the 10 megabits per second bandwidth expansion in metropolitan schools? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(1) The department’s original tender requested capacity to a minimum of 256 kilobits per second to every school in Western Australia, assuming a frame relay network model. The response to the tender showed that the price of a 10 megabits per second wideband Internet protocol solution was equivalent to delivering 384 kilobits of a frame relay solution. The federal Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee investigating bandwidth needs for schools is expecting schools to have access to at least two megabits by 2004. (2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(2) The service being delivered within the metropolitan area is a new service provided by Telstra that is not planned to be delivered outside Australia’s larger cities. The decision to increase the bandwidth to regional schools by between eight and 32 times was made in an effort to provide some form of equity to regional centres. The cost of delivering two megabits to regional high schools is 2.2 times the cost of delivering the metropolitan service - that is, 10 megabits - whereas the cost of delivering 512 kilobits to regional primary schools is slightly more costly than the metropolitan service. Due to the lack of an equivalent bandwidth solution between metropolitan and regional areas, the department has chosen an equity of cost model. (3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(3) The bandwidth expansion program includes the following services: metro data services; regional and remote data services; whole of agency voice telecommunications; remote access for teachers, using the notebooks provided by the department; solutions for schools of the air; and videoconference services. The total costs for the services over the next three years are: $30 million in 2002-03; $33.02 million in 2003-04; and $33.02 million in 2004-05. The total cost over three years is $96.04 million (4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
(4) The total cost of the bandwidth expansion for data services in the metropolitan schools is $8.1 million per annum, once fully deployed.
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