Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$792$666$823$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$120$691
Average discount rate65%70%65%40%50%60%80%80%80%80%80%70%70%70%70%70%71%
Schools & libraries (in this area)111
Service providers11111111112222232
Avg download speed (Mbps)505033
Avg upload speed (Mbps)505011

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$162$445
Telecomm Services$864$864$864$864$347$538$512$504$120$450
Internal Connections
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$792$504$378$432$336$336$336$672$588$588$588$241
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Rippey Public Library$792$575$666

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Rippey Public LibraryRippey80%200200Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Windstream Communications, LLC$792$666$823$1K$1K$1K$1K$347$538$512$504$120$450
Prairie iNet, LLC$672$588$588$588
Jefferson Telephone Company$241
State of Iowa, Iowa Telecommunications & Technology Commissi
Kinetic Technologies

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.