It was also important to think of all educational institutions, not just the R1 universities. Also, federal government is going to be less influential than the states. Dave Lambert - Dave said he believes that Bob may be jumping ahead of what was actually the consensus at Ann Arbor. Some of those issues remain open. Bob Aiken - Aggregating too much is a problem.
Benefits degrade after the first year in most cases.
Look at the federal government's efforts here - GSA, etc. There was some work at Ann Arbor on who pays which share though not at overall dollar amounts. He believes amounts are large, but not untenable. He sees growing acceptance within institutions of the need for networking and the need to pay for it. Also, moving voice to the network will bring much of the needed funds.