Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$10K$10K$10K$11K$19K$19K$17K$8K$10K
Average discount rate85%90%90%90%90%90%37%50%61%80%90%90%
Schools & libraries (in this area)11111111
Service providers111122234399
Avg download speed (Mbps)1,000200500200200200100100
Avg upload speed (Mbps)1,000200500200200200100100

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$812$2K$3K$5K
Telecomm Services$4K$6K
Internal Connections
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$10K$10K$10K$10K$16K$16K$12K$4K$3K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Walton Academy, Inc$7K$10K$10K$10K$15K$16K$27K$20K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Walton Academy, IncDefuniak Spring80%120841,0001,000Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Bright House Networks, LLC$16K$16K$12K
Charter Communications Operating, LLC$10K$10K$10K
Southern Communications, Inc.$1K$3K$4K$5K
Bright House Networks, LLC$899$1K$2K$4K$3K
Time Warner Cable Business LLC$11K
Verizon Wireless (Cellco Partnership)$506$2K$1K
CenturyLink Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Co FKA Embarq$801
BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC$494
Earthlink Inc
CenturyLink Corporation (FKA Embarq)

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.