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

Year Two Summary

Wave Seventeen Details

October 29, 1999

NATIONAL INFORMATION

More than 32,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 2.
This seventeenth wave notified approximately 2500 schools and libraries applicants.
Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally in the form of a discount on eligible services for this wave: approximately $186 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: $5,834,108.28. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $33,338,224.15, which is 2.1% of national total thus far (approximately $1.6 billion).
Total number of awards in NJ for wave seventeen: 161.
Number of agencies notified in this seventeenth wave: 113. (NJ comprised 4.5% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

(Six Abbott districts received awards in this wave.)

Public School Districts: 79
Non-Public Schools: 28
Public Libraries: 6

TOP 10 AWARDS:

DISTRICT	CITY	COUNTY	# OF AWARDS	AMOUNT*	DISCOUNT
Passaic City School District**	Passaic	Passaic	3	$625,814.78	86
Freehold Township School District	Freehold	Monmouth	3	$468,117.60	40
North Bergen School District	North Bergen	Bergen	2	$430,828.41	69
Garfield School District**	Garfield	Bergen	4	$317,028.52	80
Woodbridge Township School District	Woodbridge	Middlesex	1	$297,797.22	42
Roselle Borough School District	Roselle	Union	2	$281,790.47	66
Hillside School District	Hillside	Union	1	$276,402.95	69
Paterson School District**	Paterson	Passaic	1	$274,968.00	90
Phillipsburg School District**	Phillipsburg	Warren	3	$271,840.25	56
Newark Public Library	Newark	Essex	2	$216,522.60	90

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

**Abbott districts.