Construction costs Sterling also points out that Great Falls schools installed 25 T-1 lines to 25 buildings last fall and were charged installation, but no construction costs. This is a program that started five years ago to bring two-way interactive video classes to Montana public schools. More than 40 schools are linked now. There also are interactive video studios at 15 college campuses and technical colleges. Five rural telephone cooperatives started Vision Net in 1995 to help overcome some of the problems of educating students in states with large distances and few students.
Sterling thinks there is a double standard at work.
I think because Project Telephone's name was on it, that's why they quoted a construction charge. Cravens says US West charges for construction all the time, and he says any other company expanding lines to serve an area would want to recoup their costs as well. And he took exception to Sterling saying that US West may have given the T-1 line to another customer because Project Telephone is a competitor. I don't believe this is about something US West has done. But the school and Project Telephone are looking for ways to connect Pryor without using US West.