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KSLLC – RFP QUESTIONNAIRE – HELP TEXT

Special construction does not include charges for Network Equipment, i.e., modulating
electronics and other equipment necessary to make a Category One service functional.

For further information see: http://www.usac.org/sl/applicants/beforeyoubegin/fiber.aspx

113. S13. Data Connection Question

Enter July 1, 2020 if you want services to start at the beginning of the year. Enter "upon
expiration" if you have an existing contract and you want services to start after the
current contract expires. Enter the contract expiration date for your existing contract for
each circuit ID in the notes field. If you do not know when your existing contract
expires, contact your provider then enter the correct expiration date in the notes field or
provide this information separately to your account manager. You may also upload
contract schedule or any other supporting documentation regarding your existing service
expiration dates to this question.

114. S14. Data Connection Question

Typically, an applicant is required to pay the non-discount share of E-rate Program
supported services within 90 days of receipt of service. If an applicant is considering
seeking support for special construction charges, the applicant may request that bidders
allow for the non-discount share of these charges to be paid in installments up to four
years from the first day of the relevant funding year. This request for installment
payments must be included in the applicant's FCC Form 470.

Bidders are not required to offer installment payments, but if they choose to do so they
must disclose the material terms, including the interest rate and terms of the payment
plan, in their bid submission. If installment payments are not requested on the FCC Form
470, or were declined by the selected vendor as an option, the non-discount share of
special construction charges must be paid by the applicant within 90 days of receipt of
service.

For the purposes of the E-rate Program, special construction charges are the upfront, non-
recurring costs of deploying new fiber or upgraded facilities to E-rate eligible entities.
Special construction consists of three components:

1. Construction of network facilities
2. Design and engineering
3. Project management

Special construction does not include charges for Network Equipment, i.e., modulating
electronics and other equipment necessary to make a Category One service functional.

For further information see: http://www.usac.org/sl/applicants/beforeyoubegin/fiber.aspx

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