FCC Tells USAC to Fully Fund Estimated E-rate Demand of $2.77 Billion for FY 2018
The FCC said E-rate support can meet $2.77 billion in school and library demand for funding year 2018 (which started July 1), as estimated by the Universal Service Administrative Co.: $2.025 billion for "category one" telecom and internet connections, and…
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$745 million for "category two" internal connections. USAC is directed to fully fund all eligible requests, given an E-rate annual budget of $4.06 billion, plus $1.2 billion in unused funding carried forward from the past, said a Wireline Bureau public notice in docket 02-6 and Monday's Daily Digest