Hilma Cooper

Name: Hilma Cooper
E-mail: hcooper@mclinc.org
Organization: Cheltenham Twp. Library System
City and State: Glenside, PA
Date: Oct. 17 - 09:32 AM
Submitted from: 208.207.8.2 <208.207.8.2>

1a. Has the seminar made it more likely that your school district or library will participate in the Universal Service discount program?

Yes

1b. At what level is your organization applying for the Universal Service discount?

Both

2a. What long-term service contracts does your library or school districts currently have in effect?

Telephone service

2b. When will these contracts expire?

After 2000

3a. Has your school or library decided upon an estimated date for the completion and submission of the E-rate application?

No

3b. If yes, please indicate your estimated application date.

4. Please list any additional comments you have for the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Our consortium, MCLINC, signed a multiple year contract for SMDS service in February, 1997, before we had any information from the FCC to the contrary. We are concerned that doing what preserved the best price at that time will work against successful application for discounts. We intend to apply as soon as the application procedure opens, but no date has been set.