The Mississippi government wants the FCC to clarify “the narrow circumstances...
The Mississippi government wants the FCC to clarify “the narrow circumstances in which eligible service bundled with end user equipment may be fully eligible without requiring cost allocation of the end user equipment costs,” the State E-Rate Coordinators’ Alliance said…
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in a Monday petition (http://xrl.us/bnrdke). The FCC’s current rules suggest deals that seem “too good to be true” and that the bundled services will charge more for E-rate eligible service, the alliance said. This would happen because vendors would charge a higher monthly fee to offset the “amortized” costs of equipment, it continued. The petition criticizes “the current climate of uncertainty” and cautions of the risk that it claims now exists for those who contract for bundled service along with end user equipment.