ECF Window 3 Application Summary Data
May 26, 2022
Attached: ECF PA Window 3 – FRN Line Items
The ECF Window 3 data is now available, showing $2.822 billion was requested by applicants nationwide. This is more than the approximately $1.5 billion available, which means that USAC will use the FCC’s rules of priority and fund requests submitted by applicants with the highest NSLP percentages, adjusted for rurality, first. How many applications will be able to be funded before the cut-off is unknown and likely won’t be known for several months as USAC reviews applications for eligibility, applicants cancel applications, and as applicants from Windows 1 and 2 begin to decommit funding that they will not be using.
In PA, 206 schools and libraries requested more than $57 million in Window 3. Attached is a spreadsheet showing all of the equipment and services requested in Window 3, where each row represents a single FRN Line Item. This data does not show funding commitments – just what ECF funding was requested in the third filing window. I don’t yet know when Window 3 FCDLs will begin to be issued.
Important: If you applied for equipment in ECF Window 3, be 100% certain to NOT to take delivery or pay for equipment prior to July 1, 2022. If you do, those purchases will not qualify for ECF Window 3 funding. If you’ve already ordered the equipment, make it clear to your vendor that they cannot deliver equipment to you prior to July 1, 2022. USAC will require proof of shipping or delivery when the BEAR is submitted, so if that documentation shows that equipment was shipped prior to July 1, they will then require 3rd party documentation to prove delivery date was after July 1 which is often difficult obtain.
Here is the summary breakdown of PA applications submitted in Window 3, as well as Windows 1 and 2.
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | |||
| Window 1 | Window 2 | Window 3 | TOTAL | |
| Total $ Requested | $99,748,595 | $32,342,684 | $57,134,588.87 | $189,225,868 |
| Total Equipment $ Requested | $62,970,850 | $13,809,944 | $38,402,067.00 | $115,182,861 |
| Total Services $ Requested | $36,777,744 | $18,532,740 | $18,732,521.00 | $74,043,005 |
| # Laptops/Tablets Requested | 200,851 | 40,226 | 96,769 | 337,846 |
| # Wi-Fi Hotspots (equipment) Requested | 22,993 | 2,452 | 2,401 | 27,846 |
| # Mobile Broadband Service Plans Requested | 65,189 | 420 | 31,560 | 97,169 |
| Network Buildout $ Requested to Unserved Homes | $18,878,447 | $16,244,396 | $2,487,819 | $35,122,843 |
| # of Applicants Requesting Network Building $ | 12 | 9 | 1 | |
| # Applicants Total | 317 | 117 | 206 | |
| School Districts | 185 | 63 | 106 | |
| CTCs | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
| IUs | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Charter Schools | 36 | 11 | 36 | |
| Non-Public Schools | 54 | 25 | 33 | |
| Libraries | 29 | 13 | 24 | |
| # of Unique PA Entities that Applied in Windows 1, 2 or 3 | 445 | |||
If you have any questions about Window 3 data, please let me know.
— Julie
Julie Tritt Schell
Pennsylvania E-rate Coordinator
717-730-7133 – o
jtschell@comcast.net
www.e-ratepa.org