Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$8K$8K$9K$24K$30K$43K$21K$18K$31K$40K$46K$37K$20K$30K$27K$27K$5K$5K$6K$4K
Average discount rate60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%33%45%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%20%20%20%40%
Schools & libraries (in this area)1111111111
Service providers1113333222347756553345
Avg download speed (Mbps)5336001,000333333300267267250500
Avg upload speed (Mbps)5336001,000333333300267267250500

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$3K
Telecomm Services$40K$46K$37K$20K$29K$26K$19K$5K$5K$6K$4K
Internal Connections$24K$10K$20K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$8K$8K$9K$20K$22K$21K$18K$28K$2K$2K$8K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Ethel Walker School$7K$10K$8K$11K$37K$37K$45K$26K$31K$35K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Ethel Walker SchoolSimsbury60%2431101,0001,000Urban

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Comcast Business Communications$8K$8K$9K$18K$18K$18K$18K$29K$29K$29K$26K$1K
Verizon Wireless fka Cellco Partnership$2K$10K$13K$9K$11K$9K$7K$6K$508$604$448
Atlantic Computing Technology Corp$24K$10K$20K
The Southern New England Telephone Company$376$4K$2K$3K$10K$10K$10K$3K$3K$4K$4K
AT&T Corporation$6K$4K$4K$4K$1K$1K$1K
CTC Communications Corp.$5K$5K$5K
Verizon New York Inc. - CT$2K$4K$3K
WhippleHill Communications, Inc.$2K$2K$2K
Netplex, LLC
Cingular Wireless

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.