E-rate News

USAC Held Board Meeting; FCC Release Draft Eligible Services List

The USAC Schools and Libraries Committee held its quarterly board meeting today. The Board discussed the FCC's recent appeal decisions that have been favorable to the E-rate stakeholder community. Mel...

FCC Continues String of Favorable Appeals

This week the FCC continued its string of favorable decisions. The FCC seems to be asking USAC to try to do everything possible to fund eligible applications and invoices as...

SLD Commits $23 Million in Wave 13 for Funding Year 2006

The SLD committed $23 million this week for Funding Year 2006 and sent funding letters to approximately 450 applicants and 390 service providers. This wave consisted of only priority one...

SLD Announces Additional Fall 2006 Training Session

USAC today announced the addition of a seventh training session for the Fall 2006 Schools and Libraries Program Training. This new session will be held October 19-20 in San Diego,...

SLD Funds 2005 Internal Connections at 84%

The FCC approved the SLD lowering the discount rate to 84% and committed $37,622,001.16 in the latest 2005 funding wave. The majority of the funding letters were for priority two...

SLD Commits $13 Million in Funding Year 2006

The SLD notified over 300 applicants and service providers about the status of their 2006 funding commitments. The SLD committed $13 million in wave 12 and still has close to...

SLD Posts Further Bishop Perry Order Guidance

In response to the "Bishop Perry" Order, the SLD released guidance to the specific types of issues that fall under this Order as well as highlighting various deadlines. For example,...

SLD Denies $8.7 Million to Puerto Rico Applicants

The SLD recently notified 108 Puerto Rico applicants that their 2001 funding applications will be denied. Puerto Rico Telephone Company and the Hispanic Information & Telecommunications Network are the two...