E-rate News

September 24, 2000

SLD Announces New Discount Threshold

Eighty-two percent is the new E-rate discount threshold for funding Year 3 internal connections, the Schools and Libraries Division announced Sept. 22. This is the first reduction in the discount...

September 24, 2000

How Much Did Vendors Receive Through the E-rate Program?

Funds For Learning, one of the nation’s leading E-rate consulting firms, has just created a Web site tool that enables users to see how much E-rate money vendors have received.

September 17, 2000

Wave Twenty-one of Program Year Three is Released

After a week without a wave, the twenty-first wave of Year 3 funding commitments was released by the Schools and Libraries Division on Sept. 15. $14 million was committed in...

September 10, 2000

E-rate Study Finds Different Patterns of Funding Success

A major study of the first two years of the E-rate program has found that while many schools and libraries were able to take advantage of the program, certain kinds...

September 10, 2000

Another Week Without a Wave

The Schools and Libraries Division announced Sept. 8 that there would be no funding commitment wave this week. This is the second time in less than two months that there...

September 6, 2000

Pace of Funding Commitments Continues to Slow

The Schools and Libraries Division issued $15.3 million in 151 commitment decision letters on Sep. 1. This is a 38 percent reduction in the amount of funding committed compared to...

September 3, 2000

SLD Issues Long-Awaited Procedure on Product Changes

The Schools and Libraries Division Sept. 1 issued details of the procedures that it said E-rate applicants and service providers must follow if they want to change the product or...

August 24, 2000

Pace of Funding Commitments Slows Again

The pace of Year 3 e-rate funding commitments slowed again Aug. 25