FCC Says It Can Fully Fund All E-rate Requests
The FCC Wireline Bureau announced Tuesday that there's “sufficient funding available to fully meet” the Universal Service Administrative Co.’s estimated demand for Category 1 and Category 2 requests for E-rate support in funding year 2025. In March, USAC estimated that…
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the total demand for the year will be $3.225 billion, including an estimated demand of $1.806 billion for Category 1 services and $1.418 billion for Category 2 services, the bureau said. The E-rate program inflation-based cap for the year is $5.059 billion. The bureau directed USAC to fully fund all requests and use $500 million in E-rate funds unused in prior years “to offset the collection requirements needed to fully meet demand for such services.”