E-rate News

December 27, 2001

FCC Modifies E-rate Appeal Procedures

The Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules on how it will accept appeals of decisions by the Schools and Libraries Division because of problems associated with mail delivery and...

December 27, 2001

Threshold for Approved Internal Connections Drops to 88 Percent

The Schools and Libraries Division announced Dec. 28 that it has begun distributing funding commitments for Year 4 internal connections requests for applicants with discount rates of as low as...

December 18, 2001

SLD Provides Tool to Check Form 471 Status

The Schools and Libraries Division has created a new tool to enable applicants and service providers to check the status of a Form 471 application.

December 17, 2001

New Members Appointed to Universal Service Board

Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Dec. 17 appointed eight persons to fill seats on the board of directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company.

December 16, 2001

SLD Releases $37 Million More in Year 4 Commitments

Year 4 E-rate funding commitments inched higher as the Schools and Libraries Division announced Dec. 12 that it had issued another $37 million worth of funding commitments for the year.

December 12, 2001

SLD Modifies Policy on Bundled Ineligible Services

The Schools and Libraries Division Dec. 12 posted a modification of a recently announced policy on how E-rate applicants were supposed to treat bundled ineligible services.

December 4, 2001

SLD Posts Advisory on RFPs for Bundled Services

The Schools and Libraries Division Dec. 5 posted an advisory on its Web site, warning E-rate applicants that their funding requests for Internet access could be jeopardized

November 29, 2001

SLD Commits $52 Million More in Year 4

The Schools and Libraries Division announced Nov. 30 that it had committed another $52 million in funding commitments to E-rate applicants in funding Year 4.