Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$1K$2K$2K$1K$386$909$1K$446$3K
Average discount rate23%37%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%
Schools & libraries (in this area)1
Service providers222233332324346
Avg download speed (Mbps)60
Avg upload speed (Mbps)5

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$260$477
Telecomm Services$1K$809$386$909$1K$3K
Internal Connections
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$1K$1K$870$636$446
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
St Mary'S School$1K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
St Mary'S SchoolSleepy Eye50%32036605Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Sleepy Eye Telephone Company$1K$2K$2K$1K$670$480$446$2K
OneStar Long Distance, Inc.$239$698$456
Rochester Telecom Systems, Inc.$47$133$247$299$248
Prairie Lakes Internet, Inc.$675
AllTel Communications$138
Apple Computer, Inc.
First Byte Computers, Inc., dba Nexus Information Systems
NIS Communications, Inc.
New Star Sales And Service, inc.

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.