Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$3K$4K$4K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$8K$8K$4K$4K$4K$3K$5K$5K$36K
Average discount rate40%40%40%40%65%40%40%40%40%40%27%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%90%50%50%60%50%
Schools & libraries (in this area)1111111111
Service providers121112222222223444463112
Avg download speed (Mbps)500500500500200200100100100100
Avg upload speed (Mbps)500500500500200200100100100100

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$1K
Telecomm Services$3K$3K$2K$2K$3K$2K$4K$4K$6K
Internal Connections$29K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$3K$4K$4K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$4K$5K$5K$1K$1K$1K$1K$983$1K$972
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Holy Ghost School$4K$50K$4K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Holy Ghost SchoolHammond40%696961,0001,000Urban

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
VEXUS FIBER, LLC$3K$4K$4K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K$5K
BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC$1K$3K$3K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$2K$4K
ITC Deltacom Communications, Inc$15K
Pride Network, Inc.$4K$5K$5K
Transformyx, Inc.$13K
Charter Communications$1K$1K$1K$1K$983$1K
AT&T Corporation$59$65$33$1K$1K$2K
Cingular Wireless$540$824$407$810
Xfone USA, Inc$972
Nortech Downtown, 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.