{"id":32587,"date":"2020-08-21T21:08:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T21:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=32587"},"modified":"2020-08-23T21:09:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T21:09:32","slug":"quick-survey-e-rate-funding-for-additional-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=32587","title":{"rendered":"Quick Survey: E-rate Funding for Additional Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">August 21, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Good afternoon, E-raters,<\/p>\n<p>I participated in a call this afternoon with FCC officials to discuss the need allow schools to apply for additional E-rate funding for\u00a0<em>on-campus<\/em>\u00a0Internet access.\u00a0 During this call we explained that when schools submitted Form 471s in March and April, their applications didn\u2019t anticipate the additional Internet bandwidth that would be needed to reopen schools. \u00a0The FCC is seeking data to support this request. \u00a0Therefore, I need your quick help\u2026<\/p>\n<p>If you have increased or will be increasing your Internet bandwidth over what was requested on your FY 2020 Form 471,\u00a0please take 2 minutes and complete this very brief survey\u00a0if you haven\u2019t done so already &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/moreinternet\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/moreinternet&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598301459238000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHF9Tq4VlD8cX-MbpA-0xD-21B2Ig\">https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/moreinternet<\/a>.\u00a0 It simply asks what additional amount of on-campus, E-rate eligible Internet you\u2019ve purchased (or expect you will be purchasing) due to COVID, the cost, and why it\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n<p>Please submit the survey by Tuesday, August 26 at 4:00 at the latest.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, everyone.\u00a0 I\u2019ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Julie<\/p>\n<p>Julie Tritt Schell<br \/>\nPennsylvania E-rate Coordinator<br \/>\n717-730-7133 &#8211; o<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jtschell@comcast.net\">jtschell@comcast.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ratepaorg.local\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.e-ratepaorg.local\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598301459238000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG4xy3FfA1MmB5B3wTPb7q46IN-9A\">www.e-ratepa.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=eratepenn\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-size=\"large\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 21, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-listserve_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}