Jimmy Gianato, who leads the state broadband project, defended this purchase. He stated that buying such an expensive router will allow versatility and that they wanted something that would last 10 years without becoming outdated.
They could have bought a new $180 router, every single month of every single year for 10 years, at that cost. Considering the fact that a router can be used for years without needing replaced, it's clear that Jimmy Gianato is just an irresponsible, grade-A, jackoff.
The poetically stupid thing about this is that it probably WILL be outdated before 10 years because of how exponentially technological advancement increases
The poetically stupid thing about this is that it probably WILL be outdated before 10 years because of how exponentially technological advancement increases
"The Cisco 3945 series routers, which cost $22,600 each, are built to serve "tens of thousands" of users or device connections, according to a Cisco sales agent. The routers are designed to serve a minimum of 500 users." -Linked Article
I'm pretty sure it won't become outdated in 10 years...
This isn't the only incident. The state bought high end routers for many different schools. The same guy stated that a school of 200 children should get the same router as a school of 2,000 children, because it's important they all have the same "opportunities".
See what he did there? He's appealing to emotion. When you see people talking about how the government should provide goods and services to people in the name of equality and taking care of the needy, you see why I'm incredibly skeptical. It's a pain, because people all too often mistake my skepticism for heartlessness.
I wonder if they even look at what they're signing when the powers that be ok purchases like this. I mean... that's more than what my dad just spent on his new truck (by like 5-10k). You just gotta love those well invested tax dollars.
See what he did there? He's appealing to emotion. When you see people talking about how the government should provide goods and services to people in the name of equality and taking care of the needy, you see why I'm incredibly skeptical. It's a pain, because people all too often mistake my skepticism for heartlessness.
I'm for equality and taking care of the needy. Though I also think we should work towards having smart government. I see these arguments over big government or small government to be irreverent. You can have a big government with all those regulations, so long as they all work. You can have a small government with a few but very effective regulations. It's not the sphere of influence the government has that's the problem but the way that sphere is used.
