Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$11K$36K$33K$24K$15K$13K$11K
Average discount rate40%27%40%40%40%40%40%
Schools & libraries (in this area)1
Service providers16766410
Avg download speed (Mbps)200
Avg upload speed (Mbps)200

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$6K
Telecomm Services$13K$15K$11K$9K$11K
Internal Connections$21K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$11K$9K$20K$9K$4K$4K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Elgin Academy$11K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Elgin AcademyElgin40%3235200200Urban

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Illinois Bell Telephone Company$5K$10K$12K$11K$7K$7K
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC$11K$9K$11K
All Covered, Inc.$21K
Active Internet Technologies, LLC$9K$9K
First Communications$931$2K$2K$2K$1K
Illinois Bell Telephone Company$288$4K
AT&T Mobility$110$236$383$990$1K
Concentric Network$2K
AT&T Corp.$2K
SBC Long Distance, LLC.$26$35$35

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.