Information Technology

Besides in-house web design, the IT department has recently implemented several changes to the District's computer network and other systems.
Watch in the future for more details about these information technology developments.

Deep Thoughts from the IT Manager

This country needs to think seriously about the internet connections we have, compared to other industrial nations. The US is falling behind. This simple communications conundrum is easily fixed; install fiber to every US household. We must ask the “MA BELLS” to upgrade archaic ideas and systems, or provide incentives for new communication companies to form in order to install this fiber backbone.

A 10 Megabyte file will take about 3 minutes to download at 512Kbps; when you compare that to a 1500Kbps transmission rate of less than a minute, the time loss falls under non-productive time. This non-productive time is why the US will continue to lag behind other global powers unless our outdated idea of broadband (200Kbps) and the availability of adequate communications change. Adequate communications is what is realized inside all Ethernet networked businesses across these great States.

My goal for the US is 100Mbps fiber to every household, with hardware upgrades to 1000Mbps/10000Mbps in the future. 100Mbps download time for that 10 Megabyte file: 1 second. We need this technology rolled out either with the help of the present communication companies (Verizon, AT&T), or without. We need to stop using and stop accepting the archaic technologies supplied by these companies; they are now inadequate, and are holding our country back.

James Davidson

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Information Technology

Deep Thoughts from the IT Manager