I attended the National NetDay Conference on June 29 when Al Gore announced the education rate or "E-rate" for telecommunications services. I quote, "basic telecommunications should be an E-rate that is a free rate. Advanced telecommunications should be low cost. Adequate bandwidth should be technology neutral with fair, open competition." I would like to have further discussion and a position about the E-rate? What would be included under the heading "basic telecommunicatons" vs advanced telecommunications? Carole Teach Phone: (916) 654-9662 Manager K-12 Network Planning FAX: (916) 657-3707 Research, Evauation and Technology California Dept. of Education