NEC Admits To Ripping Off Schools Through E-Rate Program

MAurelius writes "The New York Times (regist. req'd) is reporting that NEC now admits to ripping off multiple low-income school districts by connecting them to the internet with equipment more advanced and expensive than necessary. Several orders of magnitude more expensive. All paid for by telephone rate-payers. That would be you."

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Re:Here's a karma whore

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I'm thankful the grandparent found that link, and I'm thankful it was +5 so I could see it no matter what.

Totally agreed! :)

What exactly is wrong with gaining karma from doing something that benefits the readers of slashdot?

I'm not one of those who uses the term myself, but I've always supposed that those who do fall into two camps: (1) the mindless zombies who just like mouthing off, and (2) people who genuinely feel that karma on /. should solely reflect the quality of original contribution and analytical thought, rather than the frequency with which a person inserts a link or mirror. I think I basically agree, though I thoroughly disagree with the consequent practice of name calling; the real solution - if there is one - would be for the /. editors to come up with a separate way to reward that kind of contribution, like temporary privilege escalation the likes of which paid subscribers enjoy, or something like that.