Wave 7 Funding for FY 2002
Wave 7 of Funding Year 2002 will be released on Tuesday, July 16. Total funding in this wave is approximately $22 million for 850 applications. The cumulative total for FY 2002 is now $641 million for 22,700 applications.
Funding is still being provided only for Priority One (telecommunications and Internet access) services. Applicants with discount rates below 80% are being told that their requests for Priority Two (internal connection) services will be denied due to insufficient funds. It is not yet clear if any internal connection funding will be available at 80-89% discount levels, or even if full funding will be possible at the 90% level. A clearer indication of the availability of Internal Connection funding is not expected until at least late September, due in part to the SLD's inability to contact numerous applicants over the summer months.