SCHOOLS LOSE NET OVER E-RATE FREEZE

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Date:         Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:35:12 EDT
Subject: SCHOOLS LOSE NET OVER E-RATE FREEZE

A long article on the effects of the E-Rate funding freeze. Some school
districts, notably in remote Alaska in this piece, are shutting down their
Internet access until E-Rate funding commitment letters arrive.
  Without the commitment letters, schools and libraries have no guarantee that
their services and projects have been approved. Even after funding is 
restarted,
delays will likely persist indefinitely. Because the fund's administrator
can send out letters only after it has collected money from service
providers, it will be able to allocate only a portion of the remaining $1.7
billion.

  Schools and libraries will undoubtedly continue to feel the
crunch, but so will the service providers and vendors supplying them.
Because some schools and libraries depend on the previous year's E-Rate
reimbursement to front the cost of continuing their services, a delay in
the process could impact carriers. Some carriers have announced they will
continue to offer service until funds start flowing again. But continued
delays could put these carriers in precarious financial situations of their
own.

[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Marguerite Reardon]
<http://news.com.com/Schools+lose+Net+over+E-rate+freeze/2100-1038_3-5419852.html?tag=st.num>

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