E-rate Analysis

93% in Favor of E-rate Funding for Cybersecurity

In the 2023 E-rate Trends Report, 93% of the survey responses indicated that applicants believe that E-rate should provide support for comprehensive network security. When asked which services should qualify...

Need For Updated SPAC Could Delay Invoicing for $227M

For FY 2023, 11% of all funding requests, with committed amounts totaling $227.4M, have a service provider that still needs to file a current SPAC (FCC Form 473). These funded...

Increase in Late Filed Applications for FY 2024

Wednesday, April 10 marked two weeks since the close of the Form 471 application filing window for Funding Year 2024. USAC encourages applicants who miss the application deadline to certify...

Nearly 45% of FY2024 Requests Wave Ready

As of April 16, 2024, almost 45% of the total FY2024 funding requests (FRNs) filed by applicants nationwide are reported to be in “wave ready” status, with another 19% in...

Continued High Demand for Lit Fiber and Internal Connections

In Funding Year 2024, applicants nationwide requested discounts on more than $1.7 billion of Category One lit fiber services, nearly three times more than all other types of Category One...

Funding Year 2023 Requests Still Pending

As the Funding Year 2024 application window closes and we prepare for announcements about the first funding waves, nearly 5% of FY2023 requests are still pending. As of April 5,...

FY2024 Application Window Request Totals

The Funding Year 2024 Form 471 application filing window closed as scheduled at 11:59pm Eastern time on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. In total, 35,268 Forms 471 were certified in-window for...

FCC Changes broadband definition

Recently, the FCC quadrupled the minimum required download speed for a service to be called ‘broadband’. Looking at Funding Year 2023, 1,429 applicants had at least one service rated at...