E-rate News

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...

SLD Commits $25 Million More in 2006

The SLD released wave 11 in Funding Year 2006 committing close to $25 million. To date the SLD has committed $469 million and has approximately $3 billion pending. It is...

SLD Releases Small 2004 Funding Wave

The SLD sent funding commitment decision letters to three applicants committing $41,580 all for priority one services. The three applicants came from New York, New Jersey and the District of...

FCC Debars NEC and Inter-Tel Technologies from E-rate Program

Both NEC and Inter-Tel have engaged and been convicted of fraud relating to participating in the E-rate program. The FCC has found mitigating circumstances for both companies and is imposing...

SLD Releases 2005 and 2006 Funding Waves

The SLD this week committed $40 million in wave 10 for the 2006 funding year. They notified 850 applicants and 604 service providers about the status of their priority one...