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September 17, 2006

FCC Grants Appeal Affecting 128 Applicants

Last week the FCC released the Alaska Gateway School District, et al. Order which grouped 128 appeals together and remanded them back to USAC. All 128 appeals involved a failure...

September 14, 2006

FCC Seeks Comment on E-rate Related Forms

The FCC will be revising seven forms associated with the E-rate program and is soliciting input from various stakeholders.¬† Once approved they will be final for the next three years.¬†...

September 13, 2006

2005 Internal Connections to be Funded at 81%

USAC announced today in its monthly Service Provider call that the discount level for Priority 2 services will be lowered to 81%. This is expected to be reflected in the...

September 12, 2006

FCC Releases Two Form 486 Decisions

The FCC has decided two more appeals in favor of applicants. Both deal with the Form 486 filing deadline.On September 6, 2006, the FCC released Owensboro Public Schools. In this...

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...