WCB Extends ECF Service Delivery Date to June 30, 2023

On February 22, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) released an Order granting a waiver and extending the service delivery date to June 30, 2023 for all Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) applicants who applied for support for equipment, other non-recurring services, and recurring services during the first and second application filing windows.

Applicants who modified a first or second window recurring services funding request based on the date of their funding commitment decision letter, may submit a waiver to the Commission asking that the voluntarily reduced funds be restored to those funding requests and subject to the updated June 30, 2023, service delivery date.

Applicants seeking funding for special construction or customer premises equipment for datacasting services still have one year from the date of the funding commitment decision letter to demonstrate construction is complete or the equipment has been provided.

In taking this action, WCB partially granted the Petition for Waiver filed by the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), and the American Library Association (ALA).