Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$233$475$648$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$2K$2K$2K
Average discount rate10%20%50%70%70%70%70%70%70%60%70%70%70%70%70%65%70%70%
Schools & libraries (in this area)11
Service providers111111111111112112
Avg download speed (Mbps)
Avg upload speed (Mbps)

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$233$475$648
Telecomm Services$932$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$2K$2K$2K
Internal Connections
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$588
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Alden Public Library$233$475

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Alden Public LibraryAlden10%Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Windstream Communications, LLC$233$475$648$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$2K$2K$2K
State of Iowa, Iowa Telecommunications & Technology Commissi
Iowa Telecom Services, Inc.

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.