E-rate Analysis

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...

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...