Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$616$504$504$417$334$254$144$303$445$445$412$382$350$354$309$304$326$503$525$683$641$716$703
Average discount rate70%70%70%60%60%40%50%60%70%70%70%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%55%55%55%55%55%
Schools & libraries (in this area)111111
Service providers111111111111111211222232
Avg download speed (Mbps)50501010106
Avg upload speed (Mbps)552221

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$110
Telecomm Services$303$445$445$412$382$350$354$309$304$326$503$525$683$641$716$703
Internal Connections
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$616$504$504$417$334$144$144
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Hull Public Library$672$504$504$417$432$317

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Hull Public LibraryHull70%505Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Heartland Telecommunications dba Hickory Tech$254$144$303$445$445$412$382$350$354$309$304$326$503$525$683$641$661$653
Premier Communications, Inc$616$504$504$417$334
AT&T Corp.$55$49
Van Maanen's 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.