2015 Form 471 Step-by-Step for Filing the Form 471 Using ITS as the Billed Entity AT&T Long Distance 1

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FCC Form 471 – FY

Start your App 4 Hover mouse for “Information”

Type ITS BEN then Enter 5 Save and Print buttons throughout app!

Address and FCCRN – Next 6

Choose Type & Recipients 7 Libraries, Charters, et al, choose appropriately!

(copy/paste), Next 8

App and Security Code! 9 App # and Security Code will be ed to contact!

Nickname - Next 10

Consultant? 11

Contact Info 12

Choose Correspondence Address 13 Lots of drop downs!

Who receives correspondence? Next - 14

CoS – Choose Wisely! 15

C1 – Next 16

Enter Billed Entity Number and click on “Add Entity” Manually Adding Entities

Manually Adding Entities (cont) 18 Confirm correct district or school is shown, and click on “Enter Data” to add each building

Click on “+” to add buildings Complete items, then to add record, click on “Submit”

Click on pencil icon to edit, or “+” to continue adding Click in fields to add student and NSLP counts. Also, add CEP % if applicable Click on “Save and Recalculate” once entities are added Click on “Next”

Import Template, or Copy From an Already Submitted App 21 This is OPTIONAL

Choose Upload 22

Click Choose File…or…. 23

…Type App Number, Import 24

Click “Enter Data” to Edit Entities 25

View and Edit Entities 26

Discount Calculation 27

E-rate Discount 28

Connectivity Questions… 29

Internet Access…. 30

Data Collection Questions 31 Each box needs a number. Any boxes OTHER THAN “Completely sufficient” requires checkboxes below…

Not sufficient reasons… Next 32

Create a Funding Request 33

FRN – ATT LD 34 You may want to add “AT&T LD” to the Nickname

Your Form Remember, you must file your own 470 for local, long disantace, cellular or WAN service. After 28 days, evaluate any bids, and if the ITS is the most cost effective, type your Memo to File, memorializing your choice.

Century Link SPIN for Local 36 Remember to use the SPIN search tool if you don’t have the vendor SPIN. ATT SPIN is

Billing Acct and Contract 37 Main district phone number is always acceptable. Contract number for AT&T LD is: ITS

List the date of your “Memo to File.” Must be AFTER the Contract Award Date *** Date the contract expires is 6/ Service start is 7/1/2015

Contract questions: 39

Narrative 40 Please be as specific as you can in this narrative box!

No state statutes on confidentiality 41 There are no North Carolina statutes, rules or other restrictions which prohibits publication of the pricing information. Vendor statements that their “pricing is confidential” is not an acceptable legal citation.

Create the Product/Service 42

Type of Service… 43 More drop downs!

Type of Connection… 44

Purpose… 45

Qty or # of Lines… 46 Leave blank for landline voice; may have to enter data for cellular voice.

Costs… 47

Manage Recipients… 48

Choose entities ~ if not all… 49 If all sites receive the service, choose yes ; )

Review entites… 50

PRINT! 51 Click the FRN Calculation Links, select all (using mouse), then copy and paste into Word to print. This is very INELEGANT and should be fixed by next year……..

Top two checkboxes… 52

Amount for non-e-rate expenses 53 This box can NEVER be zero. Type district budget! PIA needs to know you have money to pay for all non-e-rate items.

One box never checked… 54 Please DO NOT EVER check this box!!!

Certifications… 55

More certifcations… 56

Authorized person? 57 If you choose yes, you will get an error; your name will never match the ITS BEN!

Choose No! 58 You will have to retype your contact info : (

Finish contact info…. 59

60 Submit Application and Certify boxes are greyed out; you MUST Review the app before you Submit.

Click Each of the Expand Icons… 61 There is no “expand all” icon here, you must click each “plus sign” inidividually, then print. Finished reviewing? Click Next.

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Submit…. 63

Successful Submission! 64

Display and Print Certification! 65 The ITS app is still certified on paper!

Certify pages…. 66

Download and Print 67

Sign and Date 68

Print App… …Expand All is not yet working… 69

Send your Cert Pages to… Kathryn Wilson address is ITS fax number is Please also send – A copy of the FRN Calculation page Open the FRN calculation page, select all, then copy and paste into a Word doc, save, and send) – A list of your phone numbers 70

Log Out or Start Another App! 71