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www.gvnw.com
building success. Your goals, our guidance,
Ashlea Kenalty GVNW Consulting, Inc. [email protected]
www.gvnw.com
building success. Your goals, our guidance,
Where to Start • How the modernization directly affects you
– What do you know? • E-rate Productivity Center set up
– USAC Schools and Libraries Website Link – Videos, Tutorials, User Guides
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www.gvnw.com
building success. Your goals, our guidance,
Future Planning and E-rate • Where are you currently and what can you
offer the applicant? – What is your strategic plan? – How can you help the school?
• Fiber Construction Funding – Where are you wanting to expand?
• Phase down – Can you offer alternative solutions?
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building success. Your goals, our guidance,
• New Forms • New Portal • Required to bid on 470’s
– EPC – FCC Form 481 Certification
• Payment Installments – Requested on the 470
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Change Happens
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building success. Your goals, our guidance,
Change Happens - Continued
• Support for New Fiber Construction – RFP requirements
• Dark Fiber Support – Equalized Treatment
• Category 2 Budgets – Funding is available
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building success. Your goals, our guidance,
• Phase down of voice support – What does that mean? – Impacts of the phase down
• Some Applicants and Providers are not ready – Main goal is to help the applicant maximize
support • Offer more data based solutions • Billing needs to be reviewed • Plan accordingly for your cost study
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Change Happens - Continued
www.gvnw.com
building success. Your goals, our guidance,
• New bidding requirements – ILEC required to bid on 470’s posted in
service territory for which you receive high cost support
• How to formulate your bid – Rate Benchmarks – Compare pricing
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Change Happens - Continued
www.gvnw.com
building success. Your goals, our guidance,
Change Happens - Continued
• Consortia Bidding – Carrier of choice already has a relationship
with the applicant – Speak with the technical contact
• 470 and RFP Responses – Time constraints – Strict due dates – Pricing issues
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www.gvnw.com
building success. Your goals, our guidance,
Thank you [email protected]
(830)895-7240
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