SHLB Coalition Lists Concerns with FCC E-Rate Application Forms 470, 471
The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition cited "numerous concerns" with the current versions of FCC Forms 470 and 471, used in the application process for E-rate USF discounts (see 1808170022). For example, the Form 470 "drop down menu of…
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service descriptions for Category 1 services combines Internet service delivered over a fiber circuit with leased lit fiber service," said an SHLB filing posted Wednesday in docket 13-184 on a meeting with Managing Director Mark Stephens, Wireline Bureau Chief Kris Monteith and aides. "Applicants must explain which service they are requesting bids for in a narrative text box that does not allow prospective bidders to easily identify the bidding opportunities for purely fiber-based service and for Internet service delivered over a fiber circuit."