Overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $1K | $5K | $7K | $11K | $7K | $8K | $9K | $8K | $10K | $12K | $17K | $33K | $23K | $30K | $24K | $18K | $18K | $12K | $6K | $4K | $6K | $6K | $6K | $8K | — | — | — | — |
| Average discount rate | 56% | 90% | 90% | 88% | 90% | 90% | 88% | 37% | 50% | 63% | 77% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | — | 90% | — | — |
| Schools & libraries (in this area) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Service providers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Avg download speed (Mbps) | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 500 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Avg upload speed (Mbps) | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 500 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Subsidies by E-Rate service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1K | $4K | $6K | $11K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $27K | $17K | $21K | $21K | $16K | $15K | $12K | $5K | $4K | $6K | $6K | $6K | $8K | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | — | — | — | $4K | — | — | $3K | — | — | — | — | — | — | $5K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1K | $5K | $7K | $7K | $7K | $8K | $6K | $6K | $6K | $6K | $6K | $6K | $5K | $4K | $4K | $3K | $3K | — | $1K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution
| Recipient | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nexus - Gerard | $5K | $5K | $8K | $11K | $8K | $8K | $9K | $8K | $10K | $12K |
Recipient demographics
| Recipient | City | Discount Rate | Students | NSLP | Down Mbps | Up Mbps | Urban/Rural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nexus - Gerard | Austin | 85% | 93 | 93 | 600 | 600 | Rural |
Subsidies by service provider (top 10)
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaguar Communications Inc | — | — | — | — | — | $8K | $6K | $7K | $9K | $9K | $12K | $26K | $13K | — | — | — | $348 | — | $1K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Qwest Communications Company, LLC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $212 | $2K | $14K | $14K | $8K | — | $6K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Verizon Wireless (Cellco Partnership) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $587 | $2K | $3K | $4K | $7K | $7K | $7K | $6K | $5K | $976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metro Fibernet LLC | $1K | $5K | $7K | $7K | $7K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Windstream Communications, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $294 | $4K | $4K | $3K | $3K | — | — | — | — | — | $6K | $8K | — | — | — | — |
| Qwest Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2K | $14K | $6K | $4K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TDS Metrocom | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $4K | $6K | $6K | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dell Marketing LP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $5K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Technology By Design LLC | — | — | — | $4K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Streakwave Wireless, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | $3K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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.