State E-rate Coordinators’ Alliance (SECA) members voiced several concerns to...
State E-rate Coordinators’ Alliance (SECA) members voiced several concerns to the FCC Wireline Bureau in a recent conference call, according to a Thursday FCC ex parte filing (http://bit.ly/Z38xhV). “Recently it has come to SECA members’ attention that the [Schools and…
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Libraries Division] has decided to approve funding for hosted VOIP service offered by one particular vendor that includes bundled handsets without requiring a cost allocation,” the filing said. “This development has created a great deal of frustration among applicants and other vendors offering hosted VOIP service because there is concern that the competitive playing field is not level and applicants are unsure whether they are at risk for denial of funding and the full amount of underlying contract costs if their funding requests include bundled handsets without performing a cost allocation.” Members asked about the status of its Petition for Clarification Regarding the Eligibility of Free VOIP Handsets and Other Bundled End User Equipment filed last summer as well as other details regarding the back and forth since then. The SECA members FCC urge action and called the petition concerns “one of the largest unresolved eligibility issues to face the program since its inception."