E-rate Analysis

USAC Service Provider Call Notes – April 2014

USAC‚Äôs Schools and Libraries Division hosts monthly service provider conference calls, providing information and guidance for vendors participating in the E-rate program. Highlights from April 2, 2014 service provider call...

SLD Releases Early Demand Estimate

Every year the SLD releases their demand report which specifies how many applications have been received, for what priorities and at what discount rates. Typically it will take the SLD...

by Verlyne Jolley

E-rate Reform Updates for the Week of March 17th

E-rate Reform activity continues to move forward. In a speech on March 17, 2014, to the Council of Chief State School Officers Legislative Conference, Chairman Wheeler announced that a special...

The Making of a Rollover: Underutilized Funding Requests

In his Digital Learning Day address, FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler created quite a buzz by announcing an additional $2 billion in E-rate support for broadband networks in the next two...

USAC Service Provider Call Notes – March 2014

USAC‚Äôs Schools and Libraries Division hosts monthly service provider conference calls, providing information and guidance for vendors participating in the E-rate program. Highlights from March 5, 2014 service provider call...

by Brian Stephens

February 28, 2014

Funding Year 2014 Forms 470, Part 1: Pace of Filings

It‚Äôs that time of the year once again: another Form 470 deadline has come and gone. In total, E-rate applicants across the country filed 35,124 Forms 470 for Funding Year...

February 21, 2014

T minus 33 days and Counting

The FY2014 E-rate filing window is scheduled to close on March 26, 2014. Applicants have another 33 days to submit their funding applications. Even though most applications have not yet...

February 14, 2014

Average E-rate Discount Rate Up 8% since 1998

Analysis by Funds For Learning indicates that the average discount rate of schools seeking E-rate discounts has increased about 8% points since the program began. Based on Priority 1 funding...