E-Rate for FY 2023:
The Form 471 application window for FY 2023 closed Tuesday, March 28th. USAC has not formally released preliminary demand statistics, but Open Data shows the following In Window funding requests.
| Cat. 1 |
$ 1,653,235,819 |
| Cat. 2 |
1,284,379,560 |
| Total |
$ 2,937,615,397 |
Many FY 2023 applications have already been reviewed, are currently categorized as “Wave Ready,” and are likely to be funded when USAC begins releasing FY 2023 funding waves later this month.
E-Rate for FY 2022:
Wave 52 for FY 2022 was issued on Thursday, April 13th, for $409 thousand. Nationwide, USAC has funded 98.6% of the FY 2022 applications representing 96.8% of the requested funding. Cumulative FY 2022 commitments to date are $2.84 billion.
ECF for 2021-2023:
Wave 31 for Windows 1 & 2 and Wave 22 for Window 3 were issued on Wednesday, April 12th, for $2.53 million. Total commitments for all three ECF windows are $6.62 billion. Nationwide, USAC has funded 86.2% of the ECF applications representing 67.6% of the requested funding. Window 3 applications are being funded down to the 65% rural band. Total disbursements as last reported on March 31st were $3.01 billion.