Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$2K$2K$11K$17K$12K$8K
Average discount rate40%40%28%50%50%50%50%40%20%
Schools & libraries (in this area)11
Service providers335666455
Avg download speed (Mbps)675300
Avg upload speed (Mbps)148180

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$1K
Telecomm Services$6K$8K$8K$6K
Internal Connections
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$2K$698$4K$9K$4K$2K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Keshet$4K$11K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
KeshetNorthbrook40%6421,000500Urban

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC$1K$4K$6K$5K$4K
AT&T Corp.$3K$8K$2K
ATT Mobility$429$2K$2K$3K$2K
Illinois Bell Telephone Company$250$420$473$2K$2K
SBC Long Distance, LLC.$43$451$347$376$411
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC$448$402$402$358
Comcast Business Communications$2K
XO Communications Inc.
SBC Internet Services, Inc. dba AT&T Internet Services
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

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.