Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$87$175$393$579$599$471$637$999$776$615$628$517$404$495
Average discount rate20%40%50%70%70%70%60%60%60%64%62%57%60%60%
Schools & libraries (in this area)11
Service providers11111111112111
Avg download speed (Mbps)
Avg upload speed (Mbps)

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$87$175$393
Telecomm Services$579$599$471$421$783$627$615$628$517$404$495
Internal Connections
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$216$216$148
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Rolfe Public Library$110$221

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Rolfe Public LibraryRolfe20%Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Windstream Communications, LLC$393$579$599$471$637$999$776$615$628$517
GTE Midwest Incorporated$404$495
Northwest Communications, Inc$87$175
Excel Telecommunications, 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.