About the California Teleconnect Fund Program

The CTF program provides qualified customers a 25% off voice services and a 50% discount for broadband on select communications services to schools, libraries, hospitals and other non-profit organizations offered by Windstream in the state of California.


Eligibility Criteria

  • Public or Non-Profit Private Schools
    • Must be located in California
    • Provide elementary or secondary education (K-12)
    • Annual endowments under $50 million
    • Must have active County District School Code Number
  • Libraries
    • Must be located in California
    • Eligible to participate in state-based plans or funds under Title III of the Library Services and Technology Act
  • Government-Owned and Operated Hospitals and Health Clinics
    • Must be located in California
    • Must be owned and operated by a municipal, county government, or a hospital district
  • Community Based Organizations
    • Must be located in California
    • Total Revenue does not exceed 5 million, except for 2-1-1 CBOs and Health Care CBOs
    • Tax Exempt
    • Must offer one of the following services to a community in California: 2-1-1 Service Provider, Educational Instruction, Health care, Job Training, Job Placement, or a Community Technology program
    • Provides its community access to the internet, except for 2-1-1 CBOs and Health Care CBOs
    • Organization must show that a majority of the board members reside inside the state or are members of the community
    • Organization must show they provide services to the community without charge or discounted

  • California Community Colleges
    • California community colleges and/or districts
    • Must submit an application with the current Management Information Systems code


Eligible Services

  • Data
    • Data Center Colocation-Gigabit Cross Connect-Colo GigE Charge
    • DS3 Data Circuit-Dedicated Data-Dedicated DS3 Charge
    • DS3 Data Circuit-Local Loop-Intrastate Local Loop Monthly Charge
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-Dynamic IP High-Speed Port-Dynamic IP High-Speed Port
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-Dynamic IP High-Speed Port-Dynamic IP Mixed Use Port
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-High Speed Internet Service-Dynamic IP High-Speed Internet
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-High Speed Internet Service-Internet Bandwidth - 45Mbps
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-High Speed Internet Service-Internet Port
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-Local Loop-Dry Pair Monthly
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-Local Loop-Dynamic Internet Access
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-Local Loop-Dynamic IP Mixed-Use Circuit
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-Local Loop-Interstate Local Loop Monthly
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-Local Loop-Intrastate Local Loop Monthly
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-Local Loop-Mixed Use Circuit
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-VPN Port High Speed-Interstate MPLS Fast Ethernet Port Speed
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-VPN Port High Speed-Interstate MPLS Fast Ethernet Port Speed
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-VPN Port High Speed-Intrastate MPLS Fast Ethernet Port Speed
    • Dynamic IP High-Speed Data-VPN Port High Speed-Mixed Use Port
    • Dynamic IP T1 Data-Dynamic IP T1 Port-Dynamic IP Mixed Use Port
    • Dynamic IP T1 Data-Dynamic IP T1 Port-Dynamic IP T1 Port
    • Dynamic IP T1 Data-Local Loop-Dynamic IP Local Loop
    • Dynamic IP T1 Data-Local Loop-Dynamic IP Mixed Use Circuit
    • Dynamic IP T1 Data-Local Loop-Intrastate Local Loop Monthly
    • Dynamic IP T1 Data-Local Loop-Mixed Use Circuit
    • Dynamic IP T1 Data-VPN - Remote Access-Intrastate MPLS - Remote Access
    • Ethernet Data Circuit-Dedicated Data-Dedicated Ethernet
    • Ethernet Data Circuit-Local Loop-Intrastate Local Loop Monthly
    • Ethernet Data Circuit-Local Loop-Mixed Use Circuit
    • Fast Ethernet Data Circuit-Dedicated Data-Dedicated Fast Ethernet
    • Fast Ethernet Data Circuit-Local Loop-Fast Ethernet Local Loop
    • Fast Ethernet Data Circuit-Local Loop-Internet Local Loop
    • Fast Ethernet Data Circuit-Local Loop-Intrastate Local Loop Annual
    • Fast Ethernet Data Circuit-Local Loop-Intrastate Local Loop Monthly
    • Fast Ethernet Data Circuit-Local Loop-Mixed Use Circuit
    • Fast Ethernet Data Circuit-Local Loop-UCaaS Standard Mitel Intrastate Local Loop
    • Fast Ethernet Data Circuit-VPN Port High Speed-Interstate MPLS Fast Ethernet Port Speed
    • Fast Ethernet Data Circuit-VPN Port High Speed-Intrastate MPLS Fast Ethernet Port Speed
    • Fast Ethernet Data Circuit-VPN Port High Speed-Mixed Use Port
    • Gigabit Data Circuit-Dedicated Data-Dedicated Gigabit
    • Gigabit Data Circuit-Local Loop-Interstate Local Loop Monthly
    • Gigabit Data Circuit-Local Loop-Intrastate Local Loop Monthly
    • Gigabit Data Circuit-Local Loop-Mixed Use Circuit
    • Gigabit Data Circuit-VPN Port High Speed-Interstate MPLS Gigabit Port Speed
    • Gigabit Data Circuit-VPN Port High Speed-Intrastate MPLS Gigabit Port Speed
    • Gigabit Data Circuit-VPN Port High Speed-Mixed Use Port
    • Point to Point-Point to Point Circuit-Interstate Point-to-Point Circuit
    • Point to Point-Point to Point Circuit-Intrastate Point-to-Point Circuit
    • T1 Data Circuit-Internet - 1.5Mb-Internet Bandwidth - 1.5 Mbps
    • T1 Data Circuit-Local Loop-Internet Local Loop
    • T1 Data Circuit-Local Loop-Interstate MPLS Local Loop
    • T1 Data Circuit-Local Loop-Intrastate Local Loop Monthly
    • T1 Data Circuit-Local Loop-Intrastate MPLS Local Loop
    • T1 Data Circuit-Local Loop-Mixed Use Circuit
    • T1 Data Circuit-VPN - Remote Access-Intrastate MPLS - Remote Access
    • T1 Data Circuit-VPN Port - 1.5Mb-Interstate MPLS Port - 1.5 Mbps
    • T1 Data Circuit-VPN Port - 1.5Mb-Intrastate MPLS Port - 1.5 Mbps
    • T1 Data Circuit-VPN Port - 1.5Mb-Intrastate MPLS Port
  • Voice
    • Advantage Business Lines
    • Business Line-Basic Service
    • Business Line-Basic Service-TecPath
    • Dynamic IP - Lines-Basic Service-Business Line
    • Dynamic IP - Lines-Basic Service-Dynamic IP Lines
    • Dynamic IP - Trunk-Call Paths-Call Paths - PRI/CAS
    • Dynamic IP - Trunk-Call Paths-Call Paths - SIP
    • Dynamic IP - Trunk-Foreign TN Off Net-FUSF (VOIP)
    • Dynamic IP - Trunk-Local 20 Number Block-20 DID Station Numbers
    • Dynamic IP - Trunk-Local 20 Number Block-DID Station Number(s)
    • Fast Ethernet Data Circuit-VPN Port High Speed-UCaaS Standard Mitel Intrastate Port Charge
    • Trunk Group-Basic Service-TecPath
    • Trunk Group-DID DNIS Routes-DID DNIS Routing
    • Trunk Group-Local 20 Number Block-20 DID Station Numbers
    • Trunk Group-Local 20 Number Block-DID Station Number(s)
    • Trunk Group-Local Loop-Intrastate Local Loop Monthly
    • Trunk Group-Local PRI T1-PRI T1
    • Trunk Group-Local PRI T1-PRI T3


Questions

If you have any questions about the CTF process please refer to the CPUC CTF website: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/ctf/.

Please reach out to the below contact for any additional questions you may have regarding CTF funding:

Timothy Ciabocchi

[email protected]

501-748-7286


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