Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$2K$2K$4K$7K$4K$4K$3K$4K$4K$17K$945$929$929$923$998$873$886$892$175$175$175$362$2K$2K$1K$2K$429
Average discount rate70%70%70%70%70%70%70%70%40%60%40%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%20%20%20%60%51%52%60%60%50%
Schools & libraries (in this area)1111111111
Service providers211111111211111111111223332
Avg download speed (Mbps)1,0001,00050050013013025252525
Avg upload speed (Mbps)1,0001,00050050013013025252525

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$195$49$945
Telecomm Services$929$929$923$998$873$886$892$175$175$175$362$520$530$493$1K$429
Internal Connections$3K$7K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$2K$2K$4K$4K$4K$4K$3K$4K$4K$10K$1K$1K$540$540
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services
Wi-Fi Hotspots Services and Equipment

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Lied Public Library$2K$2K$4K$7K$4K$4K$4K$4K$4K$22K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Lied Public LibraryClarinda70%1,0001,000Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company$2K$2K$4K$7K$4K$4K$3K$4K$4K$10K
Windstream Communications, Inc.$945$929$929$923$998$873$886$892$175$175$175$362$2K$2K$493
West Iowa Technology,LLC$7K
Farmers Telephone Company$421$540$540
GTE Midwest Incorporated$979$429
AT&T Corp.$86
Computer Support Systems, Inc.
United States Cellular Corporation

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.