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

Year Two Summary

Wave Four Details

July 30, 1999

NATIONAL INFORMATION

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

This fourth wave notified agencies that submitted approximately 1,725 applications.

Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally in the form of a discount on eligible services for this wave: approximately $131 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: $1,052,012.52. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $4,752,303.62, which is 1.8% of national total thus far (approximately $270 million).

Total number of awards in NJ for wave four: 76.

Number of agencies notified in this fourth wave: 58. (NJ comprised 3.4% of the total national funded applications.)

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: 34
Non-Public Schools: 15
Public Libraries: 9

TOP 10 AWARDS:

DISTRICT	TOWN	COUNTY	# OF AWARDS	AMOUNT*	DISCOUNT
Trenton City School District**	Trenton	Mercer	1	$181,570.80	83
Millville Public Schools**	Millville	Cumberland	2	$95,864.32	64
East Orange Public Library	East Orange	Essex	3	$92,492.76	76
Old Bridge Township School District	Matawan	Monmouth	5	$90,496.08	43
Moorestown Township Public Schools	Moorestown	Burlington	4	$52,272.86	40
Ridgewood Village School District	Ridgewood	Bergen	1	$50,251.20	38
Atlantic County Library	Mays Landing	Atlantic	4	$45,813.15	71
Keansburg School District**	Keansburg	Monmouth	2	$43,440.00	80
Somerville Public Schools	Somerville	Somerset	2	$35,468.28	51
Mount Holly Township Public Schools	Mount Holly	Burlington	2	$28,446.72	64

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

**Abbott districts.