Dumping IEN Saved 37%

Legislative budget analysts have gone over the final figures for school districts’ short-term broadband contracts for the rest of the current school year, compared to costs under the defunct Idaho Education Network, and they show that a 37 percent decrease in cost. The cost per megabit declined by a whopping 61 percent. “I think overall it’s good news for our school districts,” said Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, JFAC vice-chair. “It’s more evidence that the Legislature is taking the right steps to push the hold button, so to speak”/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: Can we say that the Legislature is doing a better job handling broadband than the Otter administration?