E-Rate is more of a "discounted" rate process than a license. I work for a mid-sized school district and apply for and are granted E-Rate funding every year. So from the end user stand point not as a transit ISP, E-Rate would not apply.
Curtis Starnes Senior Network Administrator Granbury ISD 600 W. Bridge St. Ste. 40 Granbury, Texas 76048 (817) 408-4104 (817) 408-4126 Fax curtis.star...@granburyisd.org www.granburyisd.org OPEN RECORDS NOTICE: This email and responses may be subject to Texas Open Records laws and may be disclosed to the public upon request. -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Dan White Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 1:25 PM To: Lorell Hathcock <lor...@hathcock.org> Cc: 'NANOG list' <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: ISP License in the USA? Not familiar with the process, but look at E-rate if you want to provide service to schools, libraries and health providers. On 05/31/16 13:14 -0500, Lorell Hathcock wrote: >NANOG: > >Our owner has hired a consultant who insists that we should have an ISP >license to operate in the United States. (Like they have in other >countries like Germany and in Africa where he has extensive personal >experience.) > >I am asking him to tell me which license we should have because I don't >know of a license that we are required to have to route IP traffic to >end customers. > >I am familiar with CLEC status filed with our state. But it is not a >requirement to pass traffic. > >He is suggesting COALS with which I am completely unfamiliar. > >Can anyone tell me if there is a Texas state and/or USA Federal license >for a small operator to pass IP traffic from the internet to end users >(commercial and/or residential). > >I am aware that there are some CALEA requirements of ISPs that seem to >kick in once a CALEA request is made, but is that different from a license. -- Dan White BTC Broadband
