Teams of students compete for scholarships, equipment and academic recognition. To date over 5000 students have participated in the program. Dedicated circuits from Technet's Albuquerque office are ordered by Technet from the phone companies serving the schools. Equipment to connect the circuits, such as routers, is either sold to the schools at substantially discounted prices or leased to the schools at reduced rates, depending on their needs. Technet networking personnel provide total support in registering domain names, assigning IP addresses, configuring the routers, installing the equipment, and monitoring the circuits.
Schools pay only for the cost of the circuits.
Internet access is provided to K-12 schools at 56 Kbps bandwidth at no charge. There is a small charge for higher bandwidth access. As of the fall of 1997, over 215 schools in New Mexico had dedicated Internet access via Technet. Over the past three years, New Mexico Technet has rebuilt over 3000 computers donated by companies, organizations, and individuals, and placed them in schools and non-profit educational organizations statewide. Begun in 1994, as a partnership with the Intel Corporation, Technet has expanded its pool of contributors of outdated computing equipment significantly.