Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$966$4K$4K$19K$20K$20K$29K$22K$22K$24K$376K$445K$459K$473K$436K$308K$280K$244K$102K$78K$55K$59K$72K$59K$52K$32K$25K$41K
Average discount rate60%60%70%70%70%70%70%70%58%47%58%73%73%73%73%70%67%67%67%68%64%66%66%65%66%67%67%65%
Schools & libraries (in this area)3333333333
Service providers3232223323445557542444667666
Avg download speed (Mbps)438640640400400400203553926
Avg upload speed (Mbps)438640640400400400203553926

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$1K$4K$9K
Telecomm Services$13K$36K$62K$69K$78K$89K$92K$63K$12K$7K$14K$8K$18K$15K$24K$17K$13K$28K
Internal Connections
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$966$4K$4K$19K$20K$20K$29K$22K$21K$20K$354K$409K$397K$404K$358K$219K$188K$180K$90K$72K$41K$51K$54K$44K$28K$15K$12K$13K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Great Prairie Aea$9K$7K$7K$7K$3K$3K$10K$9K$13K$13K
Great Prairie Aea Monroe County Office$9K$7K$7K$11K$7K$7K$6K$7K$7K$9K
Southern Prairie Aea 15 Jefferson County Office$9K$7K$8K$9K$5K$5K$4K$5K$5K$9K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Great Prairie AeaOttumwa60%33,99915,82810,00010,000Urban
Great Prairie Aea Monroe County OfficeAlbia60%500500
Southern Prairie Aea 15 Jefferson County OfficeFairfield60%500500

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
State of Iowa, Iowa Telecommunications & Technology Commissi$17K$6K$13K$21K$368K$421K$418K$436K$399K$261K$243K$225K$92K$69K$38K$48K$51K$42K$22K$15K$12K$24K
Windstream Communications, LLC$14K$16K$16K$8K$8K$199$8K$19K$24K$21K$23K$18K$10K$10K$10K$10K$10K$10K$7K$4K$3K$6K
U S West$12K$12K$11K$21K$21K$8K$8K$6K$10K$9K$7K$9K
Local Telephone Data Services Corp.$4K$4K$4K$4K$4K$8K$8K$3K
NaTel L.C.$5K$5K$10K
Telrite Corporation$7K$6K$7K
Verizon Wireless (Cellco Partnership)$4K$3K$2K$897$692$349
GTE Midwest Incorporated$5K$6K
U.S. Cellular$1K$2K$1K$2K$2K
OneStar Long Distance, Inc.$6K

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.