Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$1K$4K$4K$3K$2K$1K$1K$519
Average discount rate80%80%80%80%80%80%80%80%60%
Schools & libraries (in this area)222222222
Service providers222222223
Avg download speed (Mbps)27537527522513156563131
Avg upload speed (Mbps)1401507568516655

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice
Telecomm Services
Internal Connections
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$1K$4K$4K$3K$2K$1K$1K$519
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Clark County Library$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$864$816$768$1K
Gurdon Public Library$2K$3K$2K$2K$288$576$288$566$670

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Clark County LibraryArkadelphia80%250250Rural
Gurdon Public LibraryGurdon80%30050Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
E. Ritter Communications Holdings, LLC.$1K$2K$2K$2K$2K
TCA Communications, LLC$2K$2K$815$816
Cebridge Telecom OK, LLC$2K
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company$288$576$288$519
SLD INTERIM

Overview and provider figures are the entity’s total authorized disbursements (entity-wide, FCC Form 471 FRN Status). Per-recipient figures are a back-of-envelope estimate: each funding request line item’s post-discount cost divided equally among the line’s recipients. FY2010–2015 figures are from USAC legacy data (BEN level). FY2026 omitted (funding year in progress). Note: the last year or two in any disbursement series always looks artificially low (FY2025 invoices are still being paid), which is why figures dip at the end — that’s the real state of USAC’s data, not an error. Source: USAC Open Data, retrieved 2026-06-10.