Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$1K$11K$3K$3K$41K$2K$3K$1K$1K$2K$2K$2K$3K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$3K$3K$2K$7K
Average discount rate70%70%70%70%70%70%70%70%50%50%70%70%70%70%70%60%60%60%60%60%60%58%58%60%60%60%
Schools & libraries (in this area)11111111
Service providers24221411211111111111222222
Avg download speed (Mbps)1,0005255255257,000
Avg upload speed (Mbps)1,0005255255257,000

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$1K
Telecomm Services$1K$2K$2K$2K$3K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$7K
Internal Connections$9K$38K$2K$3K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$1K$2K$3K$3K$2K$2K$2K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services
Wi-Fi Hotspots Services and Equipment

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Hays Public Library$3K$12K$3K$3K$41K$4K$2K$4K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Hays Public LibraryHays70%1,0001,000Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
CK Technologies, Inc$4K$29K
Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P.$3K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$3K$2K$4K
Nex-Tech, LLC$1K$2K$3K$3K$2K$3K$1K$1K$2K$2K$2K
Twotrees Technologies$5K$10K
Kansas Research & Education Network$2K
Frugal,Inc.$2K
AT&T Mobility$336$336$336$336
Fort Hays State University$870
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Nextiva Government and Education LLC

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.