Table of Contents
I. Introduction: Support for Schools and Libraries in the Telecommunications Act of 1996
II. Recommendations by the Joint Board on Universal Service
- Discounts for schools and libraries
- Rules of priority
- Flexibility in determining services these institutions use
- Intra-school and intra-library connections: the inside wiring question
- Discount matrix: targeting the schools that need the most support
- Discount Methodology
- Lowest corresponding price
- Definition of service area
- Cost
- Existing special rates
- A) State-mandated rates
- B) Private contract rates
- Restrictions on schools and libraries
- A) Entering mixed buying consortia
- B) Resale of telecommunications services
- C) Bona fide requests for educational purposes
- B) Resale of telecommunications services
- Funding Mechanisms
- Rules of priority
III. Highlights of Universal Service Comments Filed at the FCC
- Education-related comments
- Library-related comments
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