The FCC granted 97 waiver requests and rejected 158 from applicants...
The FCC granted 97 waiver requests and rejected 158 from applicants denied consideration under the E-rate program on grounds they hadn’t filed on time. In four cases, the applications were filed on time and the Universal Service Administrative Co. mistakenly…
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denied them, the commission said. The FCC granted 57 requests in cases in which the applicants filed form 471 within two weeks of the deadline, six requests in cases in which waiver requests were filed within two weeks of the deadline, three requests in which the applicants were delayed by unexpected illness or death in the family but filed within a month, and 27 requests in which the applicant filed the form 471 on time but didn’t file the form 470 or 471 certification on time. The violations were merely procedural, the commission said, so they don’t warrant complete rejection. The FCC noted that its order tells USAC to consider the applications, not necessarily to provide funding. The applications were for funding years 2001-2009.