E-rate Analysis

FY 2014 Demand Analysis: Part 1 – State-to-State Comparisons

Per student spending for telecommunications and Internet access averages $55.55 per year, nationwide, with the vast majority of schools spending at least $30 and no more than $80 per student...

by Peter Kaplan

FY 2014 Wave 001 Funding Analysis

On May 15, 2014, USAC released the first FY 2014 funding wave. 10,134 applicants, 38% of all FY2014 applicants, received funding decision letters...

by Peter Kaplan

FY 2014 Library Data

After considerable interest from the SHLB conference attendees for more data pertaining to the library community, FFL analyzed the Block 6 data from all 46,046 FY 2014 Forms 471...

USAC Service Provider Call Notes – May 2014

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 May 7, 2014 service provider call...

by Micah Rigdon

Breaking Down Reply Comments to the FCC

The reply comment time period ended on April 21st for the FCC‚Äôs current "Focused Comment on E-rate Modernization" Public Notice. In all, E-rate stakeholders submitted 144 reply filings to the...

by Micah Rigdon

Closer Look: Basic Maintenance Demand

Basic maintenance funding requests totaled about $217 million in funding year 2014. This represents about 5% of overall demand. Each year, basic maintenance has represented the smallest category of demand....

Funding Year 2014 Forms 470, Part 2: Broadband Speed Trends

As schools and libraries look to prepare generations for the 21st century technology climate, demand for high speed Internet Access as well as broadband telecommunications services is on the rise....

There Could Have Been Internal Connections in 2013

All E-rate funding requests for internal connections were denied in funding year 2013. But if the FFL proposal, first presented to the FCC in 2012, had been adopted, every applicant...