The E-rate Filing Window Is Open - It’s Time To Think Security and Infrastructure | Fortinet Blog

For US schools and libraries, this is a big deal (and big business for resellers).

The first quarter of the year is E-rate season for public schools and libraries in the US. E-rate is a federal reimbursement program run by the FCC designed to help bridge the “digital divide” for schools and libraries with higher proportions of low-income students and patrons and those in rural areas providing substantial funding for Internet access and network infrastructure. The poorest institutions and those with the least access to cost-effective broadband (i.e., those outside urban and suburban centers) can receive up to 90% reimbursement for certain services, but even schools and libraries in more affluent, urban areas can receive funding.

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