Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$1K$8K$12K$14K$6K$20K$14K$5K
Average discount rate40%40%40%40%40%40%25%40%40%40%
Schools & libraries (in this area)111111
Service providers2122124313
Avg download speed (Mbps)1,0001,0001,0001,0001,000100
Avg upload speed (Mbps)1,0001,0001,0001,0001,000100

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$6K
Telecomm Services$5K
Internal Connections$974$4K$10K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$1K$8K$11K$10K$6K$10K$8K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Lake Forest Academy$9K$10K$21K$17K$9K$20K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Lake Forest AcademyLake Forest40%436201,0001,000Urban

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Call One Inc$1K$8K$11K$10K$6K
AT&T Corp.$10K$8K
Meridian IT Inc.$974$4K$10K
Illinois Bell Telephone Company$5K$5K
Cingular Wireless Inc.$507
SBC Long Distance, LLC.$137
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless
MCI Communications Corporation
GTE Communications Corporation
Cimco Communications, 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.