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FCC Directs USAC to Fully Fund Eligible 2019 E-rate Requests for Categories 1, 2

The Universal Service Administration Co. has enough funding to meet estimated demand from E-rate category one and two applicants for the 2019 funding year, the FCC Wireline Bureau said in a public notice Wednesday. The funding cap for the E-rate…

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program this year, adjusted for inflation, is $4.15 billion (see 1903080060), but an additional $1 billion is available in unused funds from the previous year. USAC estimates demand for the funding year is $2.896 billion, including an estimated $1.191 billion for category one services and $985 million devoted to category two spending (see 1906240027).