Article Review Technology in the Teaching Profession

SBC, previously known to many of us in Sacramento as Pac Bell, made a recent announcement noted in an article by Network World Fusion, that they were adding managed Wi-Fi services for schools and hospitals to enable those institutions to converge voice and data traffic onto a single wireless network.
SBC, citing data from EduVentures, a U.S. educational consulting firm, said more than 110,000 public schools combined spend nearly $6.2 billion a year on technology. Of that, about $500 million is spent on wireless technologies, but that is expected to quadruple by next year, SBC says.
I believe the implications of this article are significant. First, even if EduVentures forecast is less, the amount to be spent still could be between $1-$2 billion and that represents just one industry, education. A sustainable trend is usually preceded by a threshold amount, which, I believe is represented by this forecast. Second, for small schools or small school districts, the SBC announcement represe...