E-rate News

FY2009 Demand Estimate Released by USAC

The Universal Service Administrative Company submitted their demand estimate to the Federal Communications Commission reporting that the estimate for the FY 2009 is $3.99 billion. This is a decrease of...

USAC Issues P2 86% Denial Wave

USAC has issued a wave of Funding Year 2008 Priority Two denials for funding requests at or below the 86% discount rate threshold. This follows an announcement earlier this week...

SLD to Deny FY 2008 Priority Two Requests at 86% Discount Rate

The Federal Communications Commission has approved the SLD's recommendation that Funding Year 2008 Priority Two funding requests at the 86% discount rate be denied due to a lack of available...

by Scott Weston

More Time for IC Commitments

In the next few days, the SLD will release two Funding Year 2008 funding waves to applicants throughout the country. If you receive an Internal Connections funding commitment in these...

February 15, 2009

Division of AT&T Agrees to $8 Million E-rate DoJ Settlement

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on February 13th that AT&T Technical Services Corporation has agreed to an $8.26 million E-rate settlement due to anti-competitive bidding practices.

February 1, 2009

USAC Projects $1 Billion Available for Rollover

In its quarterly report to the Federal Communications Commission, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) has reported that approximately $1 billion in unused funds from previous Funding Years could be...

January 27, 2009

SLD Commits FY 2004 Funding Wave

On January 22 the SLD notified 3 applicants and 11 service providers about the status of their applications committing $95,287. Nearly $87,000 was for priority one services and the last...

January 25, 2009

USAC Proposes P2 Denials at 86% and Below

Today, the USAC Schools and Libraries Committee held its quarterly board meeting and approved a measure to recommend to the FCC that they deny all Priority Two FY 2008 priority...