Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$120K$18K$18K$55K$34K$31K$54K$154K$35K$40K$44K$48K$45K$53K$38K$38K$37K$36K$37K$36K$14K$34K$34K$18K$16K$8K
Average discount rate88%80%80%90%90%90%90%57%50%63%77%85%85%85%83%83%83%83%82%82%83%79%78%76%73%73%
Schools & libraries (in this area)3333333333
Service providers32211123333445656554445557
Avg download speed (Mbps)5,5005,5005,5005,2885,2275,2885,2885,2885020
Avg upload speed (Mbps)5,5005,5005,5005,2885,2275,2885,2885,2885020

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$2K$7K$13K$17K
Telecomm Services$20K$17K$15K$15K$16K$15K$15K$16K$16K$14K$15K$15K$14K$12K$5K
Internal Connections$103K$97K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$17K$18K$18K$55K$34K$31K$54K$55K$27K$27K$27K$28K$28K$37K$23K$22K$22K$21K$21K$20K$19K$19K$4K$4K$4K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Kismet Elementary School$41K$6K$6K$18K$18K$18K$18K$51K$12K$14K
Plains Elementary School$41K$6K$6K$18K$18K$18K$18K$51K$12K$14K
Southwestern Heights$41K$6K$6K$18K$18K$18K$18K$51K$12K$14K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Kismet Elementary SchoolKismet80%14911710,00010,000Rural
Plains Elementary SchoolPlains80%1017510,00010,000Rural
Southwestern HeightsKismet80%30520910,00010,000Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
United Communications Assn., Inc.$117K$14K$14K$55K$34K$31K$54K$143K
SouthWest Kansas Online $27K$27K$27K$26K$26K$35K$21K$21K$20K$20K$20K$20K$19K$19K$4K$4K$4K
Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P.$7K$13K$16K$17K$15K$13K$12K$11K$11K$11K$10K$10K$9K$9K$10K$9K$8K
Birch Telecom, Inc.$128$2K$2K$2K$2K$3K$3K$3K$4K$4K$3K$3K$3K
United Wireless Communications, Inc.$4K$4K$4K$11K
AllTel Communications$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K
Verizon Wireless (Cellco Partnership)$71$250$530$1K$2K$3K$2K$2K$2K$2K
Foundation for Educational Services, Inc.$2K$2K$2K$2K$1K$1K$1K$982
AT&T Corp.$66
Twotrees Technologies

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.