Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$58K$36K$42K$34K$26K$48K$30K$26K$19K$21K$51K$27K$27K$28K$19K$18K$17K$15K$18K$16K$12K$14K$12K$10K$8K$9K
Average discount rate60%60%60%50%50%50%50%50%60%47%58%63%62%62%63%64%61%61%61%58%57%57%54%50%52%52%
Schools & libraries (in this area)5555555555
Service providers32221221233355544444544433
Avg download speed (Mbps)1,0001,0001,0001,0001,000750750750100100
Avg upload speed (Mbps)1,0001,0001,0001,0001,000750750750100100

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$2K$3K
Telecomm Services$5K$6K$7K$6K$6K$6K$4K$7K$8K$12K$12K$9K$8K$5K$6K
Internal Connections$21K$5K$10K$3K$27K$5K$8K$8K$27K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$31K$31K$31K$26K$26K$21K$26K$26K$11K$11K$21K$22K$22K$22K$13K$12K$11K$11K$11K$8K$2K$3K$2K$3K$3K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services$6K$5K

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Smoky Valley High School$13K$7K$9K$7K$5K$12K$6K$5K$4K$5K
Smoky Valley Middle School$13K$7K$9K$7K$5K$12K$6K$5K$4K$5K
Smoky Valley Usd 400-District Office$6K$6K$6K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$2K$3K
Smoky Valley Virtual Charter School$13K$7K$9K$7K$5K$12K$6K$5K$6K$4K
Soderstrom Elementary School$13K$7K$9K$7K$5K$12K$6K$5K$3K$4K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Smoky Valley High SchoolLindsborg50%244901,0001,000Rural
Smoky Valley Middle SchoolLindsborg50%236901,0001,000Rural
Smoky Valley Usd 400-District OfficeLindsborg50%1,0001,000
Smoky Valley Virtual Charter SchoolLindsborg50%97301,0001,000Rural
Soderstrom Elementary SchoolLindsborg50%3271301,0001,000Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
IdeaTek Telcom, LLC.$31K$31K$31K$26K$26K$21K$26K$26K
Cox Communications Kansas, LLC$11K$11K$21K$22K$22K$22K$13K$12K$11K
Frugal,Inc.$11K$5K$10K$8K$27K$5K$8K$8K$27K
Southwestern Bell Internet Services, Inc.$11K$11K$8K$2K$3K$2K$3K$3K
Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P.$4K$4K$4K$3K$3K$3K$5K$5K$5K
Birch Telecom, Inc.$6K$6K$5K$5K$5K
Twotrees Technologies$16K
SBC Advanced Solutions, Inc.$4K$5K$2K$2K
Kansas Number 15 Limited Partnership dba U.S. Cellular$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K
Cox Kansas Telcom, LLC$2K$3K$5K

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.