Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$34K$14K$9K$9K$72K$15K$17K$40K$12K$7K$3K
Average discount rate80%80%80%80%80%80%60%60%60%53%67%80%80%80%60%40%40%20%
Schools & libraries (in this area)1111111111
Service providers221121222435554122
Avg download speed (Mbps)2,0001,0001,0001,0001,00080060010010050
Avg upload speed (Mbps)2,0001,0001,0001,0001,0008006001001008

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice
Telecomm Services$6K$3K
Internal Connections$26K$5K$56K$8K$34K$5K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$8K$9K$9K$9K$16K$15K$9K$6K$6K$1K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Bishop Noll Institute$35K$14K$9K$9K$72K$15K$17K$40K$12K$8K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Bishop Noll InstituteHammond80%7504352,0002,000Urban

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Chester, Incorporated$56K$8K$34K
Sigecom, LLC$16K$15K$9K$6K$6K
RCN Telecom Sevices of Illinois, LLC$8K$9K$9K$9K
Moss Telecommunications Services$26K$5K
Cincinnati Bell Any Distance Inc.$5K
CDW Government LLC$5K
SBC Indiana$3K
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC$1K
AT&T Corp.$370
Illinois Bell Telephone Company$253

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.