Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$435$416$464$1K$856$670$382$694$646$657$424$496$562$539$462$605$590$593$560$701
Average discount rate70%70%40%50%60%70%70%70%70%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%56%56%56%57%60%
Schools & libraries (in this area)1111
Service providers1111111111111111111121
Avg download speed (Mbps)502522
Avg upload speed (Mbps)5522

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$78$137$202
Telecomm Services$561$521$438$215$407$344$370$280$496$562$539$462$252$241$311$333$461
Internal Connections
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$357$279$262$575$336$233$168$288$302$288$144$353$349$282$226$240
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Gowrie Public Library$336$336$574$416

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Gowrie Public LibraryGowrie70%505Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Webster-Calhoun Cooperative Telephone Association$435$416$464$1K$856$670$382$694$646$657$424$496$562$539$462$605$590$593$560$701
MASON CITY BUSINESS SYSTEM, 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.