E-rate eligible services list

FCC rules require the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to submit annually a draft eligible services list (ESL) for the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism for the following funding year. The FCC seeks comment on the ESL proposed by USAC for Funding Year 2009. The changes that are proposed by USAC include: a clarification that Ethernet is an eligible digital transmission technology; a clarification that E-mail archiving is an ineligible component of an E-mail service; a proposal to list intranet web hosting as an ineligible feature of an eligible web hosting service; a clarification that Video On-Demand servers are not eligible for discounts; a clarification that softphones are end user equipment not eligible for discounts; the addition of software user licenses for Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems; and a reminder to providers of Interconnected VoIP services that they must contribute to the universal service fund if not de minimis.