Minutes for May 5, 2004 Service Provider Call
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FUNDING COMMITMENTS
A reminder that service providers can view
funding commitments online.
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FY2002
FY2002 - Letters in Wave 30J were issued on April 20, 2004;
commitments in this wave totaled approximately $3 million.
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FY2003
FY2003 - Letters in Wave 28 were issued on May 5 2004; commitments
in this wave totaled approximately $20.5 million.
- FY2004
FY2004 - Letters in Wave 1 were issued on April 27, 2004; commitments
in this wave totaled $36.9 million.
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ONLINE INTERNAL CONNECTIONS DATABASE
SLD is working on the implementation of an enrollment process for manufacturers
to participate in the pilot online internal connections database. We encourage
service providers to contact manufacturers of e-rate products to inform
them of this opportunity. Please watch the SLD web site for further updates.
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INVOICING ISSUES
Invoice line items processed during April totaled over 33,021. The dollars
paid out were over $142.248k. 80% of the lines were processed in 7 days
totaling approximately $64,625k. 85% of the lines were processed in 30 days
with an additional $34,216k. 1449 SPINS were paid in April. |
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SERVICE PROVIDER TRAINING
Please provide us with your training suggestions and comments by submitting
a question/comment on line. Please choose service provider conference
call as the topic. In the near future we will add a topic called e-rate
training suggestions. |
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YSLETA REFILES
The deadline for applicants to re-file Forms 471 under the FCC’s
Ysleta guidance was April 23, 2004. |
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GENERAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RECEIVED BY E-MAIL
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| Q. |
When a service certification form is required, can the form be
faxed to SLD Invoicing from the service provider or does the form
need to be faxed directly to SLD Invoicing by the applicant?
I have run into instances where I have confirmed that the service
certification form was completed and faxed to the SLD Invoicing
department only to have it misplaced. I then have to go back to
the applicant to have them fill out the form and refax it to SLD
Invoicing. I have found it useful to have the applicant fax the
completed form to the Service Provider who can then forward it on
to SLD Invoicing as many times as needed. Is this acceptable? Kathryn
LeMair, Novell |
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The service provider may request that the applicant fax a copy
of the completed form. Verification, however, must then be done to
assure SLD that the signatures are correct and the certification is
being made by the applicant. If the applicant sends the form directly
to SLD then the delay inherent in the verification may be avoided. |
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REMINDER: PLEASE E-MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDER
CALL TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE
BUREAU BY COB ON FRIDAY May 28, 2004. PLEASE REMEMBER TO WRITE, “QUESTION
FOR SERVICE PROVIDER CALL” IN THE SUBJECT LINE SO THAT YOUR QUESTION IS
ROUTED CORRECTLY. ALSO, PLEASE WATCH THE SLD
WEBSITE FOR ANY PROGRAM UPDATES.
Content Last Modified: June 2, 2004
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