Bi-County Community Action Programs, Inc. (Bi-Cap)

Billed Entity 16049083 · Minnesota

Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$138$8K$1K$13K$1K$16K$28K$24K$31K$30K$10K
Average discount rate90%90%45%48%63%78%88%82%90%90%90%90%
Schools & libraries (in this area)5887
Service providers335666664445
Avg download speed (Mbps)12,01912,8788,6042121
Avg upload speed (Mbps)12,01912,8788,6042121

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$2K$550$7K$1K
Telecomm Services$10K$27K$17K$26K$21K$8K
Internal Connections
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$138$6K$581$6K$6K$679$7K$5K$9K$2K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Bi-Cap Backus Head Start$1K$1K$2K$3K
Bi-Cap Bemidji Head Start-A$2K$4K$6K$9K
Bi-Cap Blackduck Head Start$588$881$1K$2K
Bi-Cap Hs Admin Nif$558$696
Bi-Cap Kelliher Head Start$395$303$377
Bi-Cap Pillager Head Start$395$303$377
Bi-Cap Remer Head Start$583$696$377
Bi-Cap Walker Head Start$852$523$3K$4K
Bi-Caphead Start Bldg. B$1K
Bi-Capyouthbuild

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Bi-Cap Backus Head StartBackus90%31312525Rural
Bi-Cap Bemidji Head Start-ABemidji90%10910930,00030,000Rural
Bi-Cap Blackduck Head StartBlackduck90%39392020Rural
Bi-Cap Hs Admin NifBemidji90%30,00030,000
Bi-Cap Kelliher Head StartKelliher90%101030,00030,000Rural
Bi-Cap Pillager Head StartPillager90%101030,00030,000Rural
Bi-Cap Remer Head StartRemer10%101030,00030,000Rural
Bi-Cap Walker Head StartWalker90%16165050Rural
Bi-Caphead Start Bldg. BBemidji90%8830,00030,000Rural
Bi-CapyouthbuildBemidgi90%005050Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Paul bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative$67$6K$751$10K$10K$18K$21K$23K$27K$5K
Tekstar Communications, Inc.$2K$4K$1K$3K
TDS Metrocom, LLC$273$1K$1K$679$1K$3K$2K$1K
Rochester Telecom Systems, Inc.$16$50$815$1K$1K$2K$141$2K$270$571
Verizon Wireless (Cellco Partnership)$483$331$700$1K$3K
Blackduck Telephone Company$1K
Arvig Telephone Company$71$1K
East Otter Tail Telephone Company$1K
Onvoy, LLC$173$375$252

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.