Funds for Learning' annual E-Rate Trends report it out. (Get your copy here). It's full of interesting data from their annual survey of E-Rate applicants, and best of all, the data is presented in graphs, and I do like my data in pictures.
The only thing that really jumped out at me was this graph:
I wasn't too surprised to see that about two-thirds of equipment purchases were access points and switches. Firewalls and UPSes might make up a bigger portion, but they almost always have to be cost-allocated, so I advise clients not to apply for those, since they're going to use up their whole C2 budget on access points and switches.
I was a little surprised to see that about two-thirds of broadband comes over fiber. That's certainly true for my clients, but I thought some less-developed areas would be using more copper or wireless. I'm glad to see that fiber is so widespread.
I wonder, though, if instead of looking at dollar amounts, the graph looked at the number of connections, whether the proportion would change. Because around here, the typical 100 Mbps over cable (copper) is around $100, while the the typical 1 Gbps over copper is $1,000, so if you had the same number of each type of connection and looked at the dollar amounts for each type, it would look like fiber was ten times as common. Well, no graph is perfect.
Still, it's an interesting graph, and the rest of the graphs are worth looking at.
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