E-rate Analysis

by Brian Stephens

October 28, 2022

Early Procurement at Four Year High

As of October 27, 2022, applicants nationwide had filed 2,020 FCC Forms 470 to start the E-rate competitive bidding process for Funding Year 2023. Representing an almost a 40% increase...

by Brian Stephens

October 28, 2022

ECF Payments Break $2B Threshold

On October 21, 2022, USAC processed the tenth batch of reimbursement requests for the Emergency Connectivity Fund, approving more than $110M in payments for ECF BEAR and SPI payment requests...

by Brian Stephens

October 25, 2022

$137M in Jeopardy

October 28, 2022 is an important date – it is the invoice deadline for almost 23,000 E-rate funding requests from Funding Years 2018 through 2021. As of October 25, 2022,...

by Alfred Njuguna

September 9, 2022

Summer Deferral for FY2022 PIA Review Ends Today

The Summer Deferral period ends today, September 9, 2022. Summer Deferral period is normally the Friday before Memorial Day through Friday after Labor Day. During the Summer Deferral period, an...

by Brian Stephens

September 2, 2022

Funding Commitments Hit New High

As of August 31, 2022, the Universal Service Administrative Company had issued $2.41B in funding commitments for FY2022 applications, setting a new program record. In total, USAC had issued funding...

by Brian Stephens

FY2023 Bidding Starts Strong

As of July 31, 2022, E-rate applicants nationwide had certified 256 FCC Forms 470, a 17% increase over FY2022 and the highest number in the same time period since FY2020....

by Brian Stephens

ECF Disbursements Lag Behind Commitments

As of July 21, 2022, USAC had issued more than $5.5B in funding commitments for the Emergency Connectivity Fund. Despite rapid commitments, however, the amount disbursed through the program seems...

by Brian Stephens

Happy New Year! FY2022 Starts Strong

Funding Year 2022 officially started on July 1, 2022, and schools and libraries across the country are going into the new E-rate year with more committed funds at the start...