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Internet goes dark at Navajo reservation

April 14, 2008 8:20pm

Idiot is a very cogent term for ignorant people who indulge in stereotyping Native people. Shame on them!

My AZ school district that is located in the Navajo Nation got dinged by e-rate for failing to submit a basic form that could have been done in minutes. It was unfortunate, but an honest omission, and e-rate cut us off. We immediately fulfilled the deficit, and now have been waiting for over 1.5 years for them to reinstate us. Meanwhile, we live with sub-dialup level of service that is held together with bailing wire and duct tape. When you live in a state whose public schools are 49th in student spending, it means thousands of students suffer as a result. But that doesn't mean shit to e-rate.

E-rate sucks, and maybe someone should investigate them instead of blaming us for the mess. This is definitely four-letter -level frustration.

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