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May 7, 2014
Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 Twelfth Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Via Electronic Filing
Re: Notice of Ex Parte Communications, WC Docket No. 13-184
Dear Ms. Dortch,
On May 5th
2014, Essam El-Beik, a consultant for Illinois Department of Central Management
Services, a state agency of Illinois, met with the following FCC staff members:
• Nick Alexander - Office of Strategic Planning & Policy Analysis
• Jon Chambers - Office of Strategic Planning & Policy Analysis
• Kate Dumouchel - Wireline Competition Bureau
• Charles Eberle - Wireline Competition Bureau
• Dana Shaffer - Office of the Managing Director
Essam presented the attached slides. Essam first presented key data points regarding Illinois and
Illinois schools and libraries, as shown in the slides. Essam then presented the merits of open
access fiber that includes competition for the provision of lit service to the school. Essam then
stated support for a capital infusion to assist remote rural schools and libraries with external
connections.
For internal connections Essam stressed the preference for set funding each year for schools and
libraries for internal connections.
For voice services, Essam stated a preference for a gradual phasing out of voice service over 3 –
5 years.
Essam then asked if lit services provided by a 3rd
party service provider utilizing school owned
fiber could be funded via E-rate. FCC staff stated they would follow up on this question after the
meeting.
Essam then provided suggestions for the downloading and aggregation of form 471’s from the
Universal Service Administration Company (USAC) website.
Pursuant to the Commission’s rules, this notice is being filed in the above referenced docket for
inclusion in the public record.
Respectfully submitted
Essam El-Beik
Central Management Services
120 W. Jefferson Street, 3rd
Floor
Springfield, IL 62702.
214 792 9866
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Table
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Source: http://nces.ed.gov
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Source: http://nces.ed.gov
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chools
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Source: http://nces.ed.gov
Fu
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Source: http://w
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/us/stateInform
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External C
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xternal C
onnectio
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chools
and Lib
rarie
s
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pen access fib
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iber ow
ned by the school or a S
tate agency on behalf of the school
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etail servic
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pete for lit servic
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�Lit servic
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every fiv
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apital in
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and librarie
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Internal C
onnectio
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�Internal C
onnectio
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ithin
S
chools
and Lib
rarie
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et fundin
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rovid
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ty regardin
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vel of fundin
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acilitates pla
nnin
g of in
ternal connectio
ns
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ne tim
e in
fusio
n of funds to ju
mpstart in
ternal connectio
ns
�Internal C
onnectio
n reference architecture for all Illin
ois
schools
�Internal C
onnectio
ns sam
e prio
rity as external connectio
ns
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Voic
e S
ervic
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educed S
upport for V
oic
e S
ervic
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radual phasin
g out of voic
e servic
e over 3 –
5 years
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oic
e servic
e as applicatio
n over hig
h speed broadband
�E
-rate fundin
g focused on underly
ing in
frastructure pro
vid
es greatest
leverage and use of funds for S
chools
and Lib
rarie
s
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Other Item
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chool ow
ned fib
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re lit servic
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-rate-able
?
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ccess to bulk
form
471 data in
spreadsheet form
at
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ersus per form
access available
today
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tate R
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ducatio
n netw
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nership
of fib
er on
behalf of schools
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or those schools
that require open access fib
er but prefer to have the
state R
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netw
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n and m
anage the fib
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