School Fiber

Helping Schools with High Speed Broadband via Fiber Optics

Connecting Schools throughout the USA to High Speed Broadband

Lets work together to connect schools to high speed broadband via fiber optics by leveraging E-rate funds.

Terminology

Fiber optics, E-rate and Broadband uses a lot of terminology and acronyms. We explain here in clear straight forward language the meaning of commonly used terms and acronyms.

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E-rate

E-rate is the Universal Service program distributing funds to schools and libraries in the US to support high speed broadband.

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Fiber Optics

Fiber Optic technology is by far the best means to bring high speed broadband to your school premises. Its also future proof and laying fiber optic cable provides additional fiber strands to other anchor institutions and the community.

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Next Steps

The goal here is to give you all the information you need to bring high speed broadband to your school premises, whether by buying lit service, by purchasing dark fiber or constructing your own network.

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Bandwidth Upgrade in a Multi-Year Contract

This post explains how to complete a form 470 if you want to ensure a bandwidth upgrade is allowed within a multi-year contract. In your E-rate form 470, you are required to specify the minimum and maximum bandwidth. If you then receive bids and decide to sign a multi-year contract with a service provider, you […]

Eligible Service Options

On August 22nd 2017 USAC issued a news brief titled “Simplified Drop-down Options for Eligible Services on FY2018 FCC Form 470”. Click here for the news brief. Also, additional information on the Eligible Service Options is given in the FCC Form 470 User Guide, available here – the document is actually called “Filing FCC Forms […]

USAC Training

I attended USAC training for applicants in Los Angeles on November 18th 2016 and have a few things to report. Lowest Corresponding Price Rule At the training course I attended, a USAC representative said that a service provider must offer the Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) to a school, even if that school is already under contract […]