Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$15K$21K$16K$37K$15K$11K$13K$22K$15K$26K$37K$16K$16K$14K$9K$10K$8K$9K$9K$9K$9K$9K$8K$14K$15K$7K$14K$22K
Average discount rate80%75%70%70%70%70%70%80%65%70%74%74%74%75%75%75%64%75%70%70%70%70%65%65%70%65%65%70%
Schools & libraries (in this area)3333333333
Service providers3333322233322222333444456566
Avg download speed (Mbps)3,5333,5253,5253,52522018777777741
Avg upload speed (Mbps)3,5333,5253,5253,52522018777777741

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$885$4K$6K
Telecomm Services$5K$15K$15K$13K$8K$8K$7K$8K$8K$7K$8K$8K$7K$7K$8K$3K$6K$16K
Internal Connections$800$6K$700$26K$12K$648$8K$13K$24K$1K$5K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$14K$15K$15K$11K$3K$10K$13K$14K$14K$9K$988$1K$1K$2K$1K$2K$1K$1K$1K$2K$1K$1K$1K$7K$8K$4K$6K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections$154$1K
Managed Internal Broadband Services$525$550

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Smith Center Elementary School$9K$8K$6K$18K$12K$6K$6K$14K$7K$13K
Smith Center Jr Sr High School$9K$8K$6K$18K$12K$8K$7K$8K$8K$10K
Smith Center Usd Bus Barn$6K$5K$5K$5K$1K$611$462$528$887$4K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Smith Center Elementary SchoolSmith Center70%24611110,00010,000Rural
Smith Center Jr Sr High SchoolSmith Center70%1888910,00010,000Rural
Smith Center Usd Bus BarnSmith Center70%10,00010,000

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Nex-Tech, LLC$14K$15K$15K$11K$3K$10K$13K$14K$14K$12K$12K$13K$13K$12K$7K$7K$6K$7K$7K$6K$2K
Kroegar Enterprises LLC$6K$1K$26K$11K$8K
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$2K$7K$7K
Rural Tel. Service Co. Inc.$1K$1K$5K$5K$4K$4K$10K
Nex-Tech Wireless. LLC$319$550$688$3K$3K$2K$3K$3K$3K$3K$3K$2K
k12 ITC Inc$24K
Frugal,Inc.$13K
AllTel Communications$2K$2K$1K$1K$1K$2K$1K
Communigroup of K.C., Inc.$834$1K$1K$1K$2K$779$3K
Networks & More, Inc.$800$700$700$700$700$648$525$550

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.