E-rate News

September 10, 2006

Bishop Perry Update

On May 19, 2006, the FCC released the Bishop Perry Order. The Bishop Perry Order grouped together 196 applicant appeals which had been filed with the FCC and as a...

August 31, 2006

SLD Released 2005 and 2006 Funding Waves

This week the SLD committed $8,966,727.76 for Funding Year 2006 which leaves $2,786,930,252 pending with $628,560,270 committed to date.

August 31, 2006

SLD Publishes Agenda and Presentation Materials

The SLD will be conducting several E-rate trainings this fall across the country. The first training will be in Washington DC on September 7th and 8th. The trainings will cover...

August 30, 2006

First Funding Denials Due to Companies Being Debarred

There are a handful of E-rate applicants that were notified this week that their 2003 funding requests would be denied because their service provider has been debarred from participating in...

August 23, 2006

SLD Commits $15 Million in 2006; $8 Million in 2005

This week the SLD notified over 325 applicants and 325 service providers about the status of their 2006 funding requests, committing $15 million. The SLD has committed $619,754,270 and still...

August 21, 2006

FCC Issues Four More Appeals

Last week the FCC issued four appeals all of which continue the recent trend of applicant friendly decisions. Last week the FCC issued four appeals all of which continue the...

August 17, 2006

FCC Continues to Remand Additional Applications Back to SLD

The FCC consolidated 29 cases where the SLD mistakenly concluded that applicants violated the competitive bidding regulations.¬† Before Funding Year 2004, based on the "Tennessee Order", the FCC required that...

August 16, 2006

SLD Releases 2005 and 2006 Funding Waves

The SLD notified 730 applicants and 567 service providers about the status of their 2006 requests committing $22.5 million.¬† The SLD has committed $604,683,235 and has $2,831,453,884 pending.