FCC Sets Caps for E-rate, Rural Healthcare Program

The FCC Wireline Bureau set a $4.77 billion E-rate cap for funding year 2023 and a $682.4 million cap for the rural healthcare program, said a public notice Friday in docket 02-6. The caps are a 7% inflation-adjusted increase from the prior year. A year ago, the inflation adjustment was 4.2% (see 2203140063).