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SLD Releases 3 New Reference Documents
Message Posted January 14, 2002
~ Reminder: Yr 5 Window Closes this Thursday! ~
The SLD has posted one new document and two revised documents in the Reference Area of its web site. The WAN Fact Sheet may be of particular interest to many of you who are contemplating doing Internet lease bundles. The Free Services Advisory is a new document which cautions applicants and service providers about practices that are contrary to program rules, in
areas such as price reductions, promotional offers, "free" products or services, and trade-in allowances, and provides a number of examples of such prohibited practices. It's available at: http://www.sl.universalservice.org/reference/freeservices.asp
Cost Allocation Guidelines for Products and Services that Contain Eligible and Ineligible Components discusses the SLD administration of products and services that have a mixture of eligible and ineligible components. Two models are employed - "cost allocation" and "ancillary use." It's available at: http://www.sl.universalservice.org/reference/costallocationguide.asp
The Wide Area Network (WAN) Fact Sheet discusses wide area networks and the circumstances under which components of such networks can be considered eligible for discounts under the Schools and Libraries Support Mechanism. It's available at: http://www.sl.universalservice.org/reference/wan.asp
Specific topics addressed include:
1. Definition of a Wide Area Network
2. Examples of Discounts on Wide Area Networks
3. Definition of Internal Connections
4. On-premise Equipment for End-to-end Service
5. Evaluation of the Applicant Ownership Prohibition
6. Amortization of Capital Investment Costs
7. Services to Administrative Offices and Buildings
Julie Tritt Schell
Director, Office of Educational Technology
Pennsylvania Department of Education
(717) 705-4486
(717) 787-7222 - fax
www.L2L.org
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