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by John Harrington
February 19, 2016

Form 470 Postings Slower, Likely Lower

The final count of competitive bids for E-rate discounted services is predicted to be 15% - 20% lower in FY2016. Referred to as Form 470 applications, the current number of...
Applicant Forms FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016
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by John Harrington
February 14, 2016

Early Filers Test EPC

During the first 10 days of the FY2016 E-rate filing window, 271 applicants submitted a total of $32.9 million in funding requests. A total of 388 individual Form 471 applications...
Applicant EPC Forms FY 2016
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by John Harrington
February 5, 2016

E-rate Bids Slow and Steady

The pace of Form 470s has proven to be remarkably steady this filing season. Applicants continue to submit requests for bids at a consistent clip, albeit at a slower and...
Form 470 FY 2016 Trends
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by Peter Kaplan
February 4, 2016

USAC Service Provider Webinar Notes – Feb. 2016

USAC’s Schools and Libraries Division hosts monthly service provider conference calls, providing information and guidance for vendors participating in the E-rate program. Highlights from the February 3, 2016 service provider...
Funding Availability Funding Commitments
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by Brian Stephens
January 22, 2016

Pace of Form 470 Filings Still Lagging

As of January 22, 2016, applicants had posted 14,269 Forms 470 for Funding Year 2016, continuing the trend of slow postings. By this week in 2015, applicants had posted over...
FY 2013 FY 2015 FY 2016 Trends
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by John Harrington
January 8, 2016

One-quarter of Applicants Have Filed Form 470

Only 6,800 applicants have started the competitive bidding process for FY2016. This represents 25% of the 26,769 applicants who submitted funding requests in FY2015. The low number of applicants corresponds...
Applicant FY 2015 FY 2016
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by Peter Kaplan
January 8, 2016

USAC Service Provider Webinar Notes – Jan. 2016

USAC’s Schools and Libraries Division hosts monthly service provider conference calls, providing information and guidance for vendors participating in the E-rate program. Highlights from the January 6, 2016 service provider...
Funding Availability Funding Commitments USAC
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by Peter Kaplan
December 19, 2015

2015 E-rate Year in Review

2015 was a year of many firsts: the first Form 471 filing window of the reformed E-rate; the first Wave #001 funding for internal connections; USAC’s first attempt at the...
Applicant Application Process Dates and Deadlines Eligible Services FY 2015 Program Rules
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