[Michlib-l] E-Rate modernization order report released by FCC

[Norris, Sonya (MDE)]

A recent memo highlighting the achievements of the E-Rate modernization orders has revealed the following: Michigan received a 232% increase in Category 2 funding (for internal connections needed to enable high-speed broadband connectivity) and that nearly 50,000 schools and libraries nation-wide received Wi‐Fi support in 2015, compared to zero in funding years 2013 and 2014.  The memo also reports a drop in the median price of connectivity per Mbps from $22.00 in 2013 to $11.73 in 2015 and $7.05 in 2016. The report also points out that Category 2 budgets will begin to expire in 2019 and action to fund the program is therefore needed.

You can read the full report here: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0118/DOC-343099A1.pdf.


Sonya Schryer Norris
Library of Michigan
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