The addition of dark fiber and self-provisioning options in the E-Rate funding program has generated considerable interest among school districts seeking to meet the increased bandwidth requirements of digital curricula, streaming video, and online assessments. This paper offers suggestions for structuring RFPs to ensure an ‘apples-to-apples’ comparison between dark fiber self-provisioned networks and lit services.
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