Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$752$821$4K$864$864$864$1K$1K$936$864$1K$1K$940$820$592$748$993$838$848$857$655$774$661$463$525$617$682$366
Average discount rate60%60%60%50%50%55%60%60%60%30%40%40%40%50%40%50%40%40%40%40%40%50%40%40%40%40%50%40%
Schools & libraries (in this area)1111111111
Service providers1121211111111111111123333332
Avg download speed (Mbps)2020201001001001001002525
Avg upload speed (Mbps)100100100202020202055

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$84$252
Telecomm Services$1K$940$820$329$508$801$597$584$593$655$774$604$463$416$521$682$366
Internal Connections$3K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$752$821$821$864$864$864$1K$1K$936$780$780$264$240$192$241$264$264$57$109$96
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Silver Lake Library$821$821$4K$864$1K$864$1K$1K$936$864

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Silver Lake LibrarySilver Lake60%20100Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Cox Kansas Telcom, LLC$752$821$821$864$864$864$1K$1K$936$864$1K
Embarq - United Telephone Co of Kansas FKA Sprint$1K$940$820$592$748$993$848
Sprint - Local Telephone Division$857$539$658$498$349$320
Dominiontek Inc.$3K
Sprint/United Telephone Company of Eastern Kansas$838$473$562$312
Sprint Communications Company L.P. (Long Distance Division)$116$116$106$114$96$48$120$55
EarthLink Network, Inc.$57$109
Kansas Independent Telecommunications /dba/ Carroll's Web$96
Total Communications, Inc.
MidUSA Wireless & Web Services

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.