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E-rate Category 2 Spending Order Circulates

A new draft FCC order on updating E-rate would finalize a five-year-spending approach for category 2 equipment and services inside anchor institutions, agency officials told us. The Wireline Bureau draft circulated Oct. 18. Without a yes vote, the spending pilot…

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sunsets in 2020, a spokesperson said Wednesday. The FCC took comment this summer in docket 13-184, and filings widely supported moving to a districtwide funding approach to give localities more flexibility to direct resources where most needed; commenters also sought a larger funding floor for rural institutions to incentivize more of them to apply (see 1908190008). A vote is expected before schools and libraries submit proposals for the next funding year. The Enforcement Bureau also drafted an order on circulation about an unresolved market dispute between Verizon and Wide Band filed in June. The FCC doesn't comment on pending enforcement matters.