Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$520$1K$912$912$3K$4K$2K$2K$3K$3K$3K$2K$2K$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$1K$382$1K$903$1K
Average discount rate80%70%80%80%80%80%70%70%50%43%57%70%70%70%70%70%70%70%70%70%70%70%60%57%
Schools & libraries (in this area)1111111111
Service providers121112113334433333332323
Avg download speed (Mbps)10010010010010010050505050
Avg upload speed (Mbps)10010010010010010050505050

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$48$345$471
Telecomm Services$768$735$710$804$411$407$394$414$377$382$361$255$650
Internal Connections$413$1K$238
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$520$798$912$912$3K$3K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$1K$588$622$630$630$627$626$651$651$648$444
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Meade Public Library$624$1K$912$912$3K$4K$2K$2K$3K$3K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Meade Public LibraryMeade80%100100Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
United Telephone Assn., Inc.$3K$3K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$874$874
Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P.$291$371$664$657$613$720$355$350$349$350$320$329$308$255$650
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company$630$588$588$622$630$630$627$626$651$651
United Wireless Communications, Inc.$520$798$912$912
Southwest Engineering and Cable Systems, LLC.$1K
Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc.$55$100$104$78$97$84$56$58$45$64$58$53$53
Victory Electric Cooperative$648
ALLTEL Communications, Inc.$444
SHI International Corpo.$413
Insight Public Sector Inc$238

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.