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FACTS ON NJ E-RATE FUNDING COMMITMENTS - YEAR TWO, WAVE TEN

Year Two Summary

Wave Ten Details

September 10, 1999

NATIONAL INFORMATION

More than 32,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 2.

This tenth wave notified agencies that submitted approximately 1,000applications.

Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally in the form of a discount on eligible services for this wave: approximately $70 million.

NEW JERSEY INFORMATION

Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed to New Jersey in the form of a discount on eligible services in this wave: $6,245,624.19. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $19,825,806.68, which is 2.7% of national total thus far (approximately $734 million).
Total number of awards in NJ for wave ten: 27.
Number of agencies notified in this tenth wave: 19. (NJ comprised 1.9% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

(Three Abbott districts received awards in this wave.)

Public School Districts: 13
Non-Public Schools: 4
Public Libraries: 2

TOP 10 AWARDS:

DISTRICT	CITY	COUNTY	# OF AWARDS	AMOUNT*	DISCOUNT
Paterson School District**	Paterson	Passaic	1	$2,270,479.77	90
Hoboken School District**	Hoboken	Hudson	4	$1,920,377.15	90
Newark School District**	Newark	Essex	1	$1,745,668.08	86
Paramus School District	Paramus	Bergen	1	$54,000.00	36
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public Schools	Scotch Plains	Union	2	$51,840.00	40
Camden County E-Rate Consortium**	(see Wave Ten details)	Camden	2	$51,468.54	(see Wave Ten details)
Long Branch Free Public Library	Long Branch	Monmouth	3	$51,226.75	83
Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission	Flemington	Hunterdon	2	$24,423.60	80
Ocean City School District	Ocean City	Cape May	1	$23,220.00	45
Guttenberg School District	Guttenberg	Hudson	1	$17,347.90	80

*Amount = Funds committed in the form of a discount on eligible services (telecommunications and dedicated services, Internet access, and internal connections).

**Abbott districts.