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Just how much schools and libraries rely on the $3.9 billion
fund was made clearer in a recent national study released
by the E-rate consulting firm, Funds For Learning, that
showed 85 percent of 1,016 representative E-rate applicants
who said, E-rate is vital to our organizations internet
connectivity goals. And more than nine in 10 (94 percent)
will continue to apply for E-rate funding in the future. The
study also found that 90 percent of respondents expect to
add faster internet connections over the next three years.
Also if you are applying for E-rate funding and youre providing Thats nice at the end of the year because youve got no
students with internet-enabled devices that they can take home, big expenditure up front and you pay a predictable monthly
you need to ask the question, How are we protecting the fee, he said.
students when they take that device off campus?
The other nice thing is, if your school is growing and youre
We all know schools need to have a content filtering outpacing your firewall in terms of the number of users or
solution in place to be eligible for E-rate funding its part devices, or there is new technologies, then youre able to
of CIPA (Childrens Internet Protection Act) compliance. But upgrade that firewall to keep up. Its a good way for schools
what processes and tools are in place to manage that today to look at funding, their equipment needs and network
and in the future? security without having to pay a large amount of money
upfront, Grebe says.
4. Understand your bandwidth requirements.
A related question is knowing how much bandwidth all that
activity consumes, and will likely consume in the future.
Look for more information from Dell EMC and SonicWall on ways to help enhance your K-12 school and library network
infrastructure and security, using E-rate funds.
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