handle any potential network hardware issues. Concurrently we need to be assessing the health of the network at all times to forestall any problems with bandwidth either inside our own system or with our connection to Internet 2. Since we will be in the business of streaming real-time video and audio we can not afford for there to be either latency in the streaming packets or loss of packets due to faulty hardware.2.3.4.4 Distance Education SummaryAfter the initial investment in hardware and software, the cost of the classes will be covered by the Associations dues charged when they join the site. Tuition from students will also go towards class content creation. Once the classes have been created the first time, they will be edited, cleaned up and offered on the website for others to take at later dates. This will incur minimal expense (hard drive, backup tapes, etc) on our part and let us generated revenue in future periods. Association members will be charged tuition for classes they take online with either the students themselves paying or the Associations covering the cost for required classes.3. Market Research and Analysis3.1 CustomersOur customers are all the professional trade associations in the US. It is our believe that every association can benefit in some shape or form from having a Web presence. Our initial focus will be on those associations, regardless of whether they are currently on-line, that can benefit the most from our broadband offerings: eManufacturing, CRM, and Distance Education. Along these lines, we are targeting associations whose professional subject matter has one or more of the following characteristics: manufacturing based, customer based, dynamic and changing knowledge base. The associations that display these characteristics will have the most to gain from our offering: expediting the manufacturing process, maintaining a organized and dynamic customer approach, and keeping abreast of all the latest i...
