Subject: planning a community-access system for kids

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 07:10:45 -0800

I had an interesting conversation last night with some folks
who are starting a network for kids of alcoholic parents.

They'll be applying for grants and requesting donations of
equipment, and need to know what hardware they'll need.
Let's suppose that they start with 100 kids and gradually
grow to 300.

* How many incoming modem lines do you need to service that size
	community?
* What sort of hardware and software do you need to manage the modem bank?
* I'm assuming that it's simpler and safer to run the system
	on a stand-alone machine rather than try to become an Internet
	site, at least initially.  Is this a good analysis?
* What BBS software is a good choice?
* How much maintenance is required?
	-- How much time will it take to perform system administration
		tasks on a system of this size (backups, 
		maintaining the modem bank, etc.)?
	-- How much time will it take to perform community-level
		administration tasks (answering questions,
		resolving conflicts, etc.)

Thanks!

-- Amy