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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...

SLD Releases FY 2014 Wave 002

On May 21, 2014 the SLD released the 2nd FY 2014 funding wave. The SLD notified 2,625 applicants and 1,036 service providers committing $92.62 million...

Nomination Deadline Extended for Native Nations Broadband Task Force

On May 15, 2014 the FCC released a Public Notice in which they will extend the application period to seek qualified nominees for the FCC-Native Nations Broadband Task Force.

FY 2014 Priority One Demand Analysis

To help the FCC and other stake holders make informed decisions about the future shape of the program, Funds For Learning has prepared a detailed analysis of FY2014 school demand...

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...

2014 E-rate Applicant Survey

Following the close of the FCC's call for public comments regarding proposed changes to the E-rate program, FFL is conducting a survey to gather the opinions of school and library...

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...

NECA Discusses E-rate with FCC

On May 8, 2014, the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) met with FCC officials to discuss E-rate reform...