Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$52K$84K$38K$8K$4K$4K$32K$19K$136K$171K$152K$138K$116K$104K$100K$108K$76K$54K$63K$81K$59K$101K$77K$47K$25K
Average discount rate70%80%80%80%80%80%70%70%59%71%73%77%76%75%76%83%61%51%47%50%48%53%49%42%41%
Schools & libraries (in this area)3333222222
Service providers1111114346665567677777887
Avg download speed (Mbps)10,0005,0302,048
Avg upload speed (Mbps)10,0005,0022,003

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$6K$11K$15K
Telecomm Services$25K$25K$27K$28K$32K$34K$52K$41K$19K$27K$61K$51K$92K$68K$45K$25K
Internal Connections$82K$38K$5K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$52K$2K$8K$4K$4K$22K$8K$121K$147K$127K$111K$88K$72K$66K$56K$35K$35K$35K$20K$8K$9K$10K$2K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Felch Street Building$4K$2K$19K$382
Oaisd Community Based Early Childhood$2K$700$17K$13K$942$2K$4K$2K$8K$6K
Ottawa Area Center$28K$249K$17K$13K$942$6K$8K$5K$16K$9K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Felch Street BuildingHolland80%216151200,000200,000Urban
Oaisd Community Based Early ChildhoodZeeland80%934393200,000200,000Urban
Ottawa Area CenterZeeland80%11453200,000200,000Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Merit Network, Inc.$65K$132K$111K$95K$81K$68K$53K$45K$35K$31K$35K$20K$8K$9K$10K
TDS Metrocom, LLC$6K$11K$15K$24K$24K$26K$27K$31K$35K$43K$11K$5K
SBC Michigan$22K$6K$19K$29K$35K$60K$44K$29K$948
Western Tel-com, Inc.$52K$8K$4K$4K$18K$4K
Moss Telecommunications Services$84K
MCI Communications Corporation$11K$6K$21K$15K$12K$8K
Qwest Communications Corporation$92$7K$8K$3K$14K$6K$11K$6K$3K
Charter Communications$2K$3K$48K
Vector Tech Group$38K$6K
Board of Public Works$8K$7K$6K$8K

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.