Education and Library Networks Coalition Opposes USF Cap, Defends E-rate
A proposal to impose an overall cap on the USF and a subcap on the E-rate and rural healthcare programs "will hurt schools and libraries and those who depend on them for high-speed broadband access," said the Education and Library…
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Networks Coalition and 19 other education groups Friday in a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, in docket 06-122. The groups asked the FCC to not act on its proceeding. Capping funding would lead to some students losing access to the internet if E-rate support goes away, they said, and service providers in rural communities could lose business if the local schools and libraries could no longer afford broadband without the E-rate discounts (see 1906030059).