Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$15K$22K$5K$287K$61K$5K$12K$24K$226K$95K$37K$39K$34K$70K$346K$32K$83K$63K$18K$44K$23K$19K$24K$25K$24K$196K$67K
Average discount rate90%90%90%90%88%88%90%42%32%62%71%80%79%81%83%81%78%79%78%76%76%74%72%75%73%72%73%80%
Schools & libraries (in this area)3332222222
Service providers2241221345646544343234467101214
Avg download speed (Mbps)10,00010,00010,00010,00010,00010,00010,00010,00010,00010,000
Avg upload speed (Mbps)10,00010,00010,00010,00010,00010,00010,00010,00010,00010,000

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$2K$3K$3K$5K
Telecomm Services$21K$37K$39K$33K$35K$34K$32K$30K$63K$18K$20K$23K$19K$24K$25K$24K$22K$20K
Internal Connections$283K$57K$203K$66K$33K$311K$54K$24K$174K$47K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$15K$22K$5K$5K$5K$5K$11K$21K$21K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections$3K$730$1K$2K
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Caldwell County Bus Garage$2K$8K$16K$9K$10K$8K$8K$8K$8K$9K
Caldwell County Central Office$2K$8K$12K$12K$12K$10K$10K$13K$18K$19K
Caldwell County Schools Athletic Multipurpose Facility$2K$8K$15K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Caldwell County Bus GaragePrinceton90%10,00010,000
Caldwell County Central OfficePrinceton90%10,00010,000
Caldwell County Schools Athletic Multipurpose FacilityPrinceton90%10,00010,000

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Extreme Networks$7K$283K$57K$203K$43K
Dell Marketing LP$730$35K$313K$54K
BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC$1K$3K$2K$4K$15K$17K$19K$21K$19K$17K$17K$18K$18K$19K$22K$18K$21K$21K$22K$18K$18K
Windstream Communications, LLC$21K$21K$21K$21K$21K$13K$14K
Application Services, Inc.$77K$12K
Norlight Telecommunications, Inc.$14K$14K$11K$44K
Verizon South Incorporated$67K
MuniNet Fiber Agency$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$11K
Pomeroy IT Solutions$24K$13K
IBM Corporation$7K$21K

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.