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Designing a super-low-cost laptop for poor children took five years, and during two weeks in November you can help distribute it around the world. More
Appropriate backhaul insertion and efficiently communicating "neighbors" all play into the effectiveness of a fully meshed Wi-Fi network. More
Broadband-Wireless Business Opportunities
 FCC Expands Services Funded by E-Rate Grants
If your business is selling in the K-12 market, this expansion of the services eligibile for e-rate funds, this announcement by the FCC is good news. Some of the changes that have been made to the Funding Year 2008 ESL are:
- Centrex: In the 2008 ESL, Centrex service is treated as basic telephone service for purposes of the schools and libraries program with the intention of eliminating the requirement that applicants file a technology plan for Centrex service.
- Internet Access for Distance Learning: We clarify that basic conduit access to the Internet for the purpose of accessing distance learning and video conferencing is eligible for funding in the Internet access category but distance learning and video conferencing tools are not eligible for funding.
- Broadband over Power Lines (BPL): We add BPL under the entry for Digital Transmission Services to allow applicants to seek funding for the transmission component of BPL as a telecommunications service.
- BPL-enabled Internet access service: We add BPL-enabled Internet access service under the entry for Internet access to allow applicants to seek funding for BPL-enabled Internet access service under the Internet access category if the service is bundled with Internet access.
- Ancillary Calendaring Functions: We clarify that program participants are not required to provide cost allocation for calendaring functions ancillary to E-mail service.
- Web Hosting: We clarify the eligible components of a web hosting service.
- Failover Products or Services: ?Failover? products or services have been added to the list of miscellaneous ineligible components.
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Weekly Roundup of Headlines
» Kentucky's 22 State Resort Parks Lighting Up
» Cities Need to Develop Wireless Biz Models
» Rural Telecon Conference in Illinois Raises Urgency
» AT&T Embraces Citywide Wi-Fi, Sort of
» Cisco Re-Targets Wireless for Municipal Enterprise Networks
» France to Strengthen Video Surveillance System
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