The FCC seeks comments on whether to fund stand-alone filtering s...
The FCC seeks comments on whether to fund stand-alone filtering software under the federal E-Rate program. The commission is also looking at adding interconnected VoIP to the eligible-services list, it said in a notice of proposed rulemaking. The list…
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tells schools and libraries which products and services qualify for discounts under the schools and libraries support mechanism. The FCC released two documents. A public notice seeks comments on program changes that the Universal Service Administrative Co. proposed fiscal 2009. They include clarifications that Ethernet is an eligible digital transmission technology, message archiving is an ineligible component of an e-mail service, video-on-demand servers get no discounts, and computer-based phones, or softphones, are end-user equipment ineligible for discount. A separate rulemaking notice seeks comment on other proposals, such as allowing interconnected VoIP, now ineligible, to qualify. The FCC noted that e-mail software and other eligible components with integral content filtering “are eligible, but a separately priced content filtering module or product is not eligible.” The FCC asks whether it should be eligible. The rulemaking notice seeks comment on whether the FCC eligible services list should include a wider classification of basic phone service, dark fiber, text messaging, firewall service, anti-virus and anti-spam software, scheduling services, telephone broadcast messaging and wireless Internet access applications.