Somers School District 29

Billed Entity 135195 · Montana

Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$23K$26K$24K$25K$24K$24K$22K$23K$23K$60K$25K$29K$15K$15K$12K$12K$10K$13K$13K$10K$7K$9K$9K$8K$5K$7K$1K
Average discount rate70%70%70%70%70%70%70%70%53%65%63%77%80%80%80%70%70%60%70%70%70%70%72%78%77%70%70%60%
Schools & libraries (in this area)2222222222
Service providers3222111133233333333322221335
Avg download speed (Mbps)550350350350350300200646464
Avg upload speed (Mbps)550350350350350300200646464

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$551$2K$3K
Telecomm Services$15K$24K$11K$11K$8K$8K$7K$8K$9K$9K$6K$9K$3K$3K$3K$1K
Internal Connections$36K$7K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$23K$26K$24K$25K$24K$24K$22K$23K$23K$23K$8K$5K$3K$3K$3K$3K$3K$5K$4K$420$280$173$6K$5K$2K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Lakeside Elementary School$12K$14K$14K$13K$12K$12K$13K$7K$9K$32K
Somers Middle School (5-8)$13K$14K$14K$13K$12K$12K$13K$15K$17K$32K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Lakeside Elementary SchoolLakeside70%2841081,0001,000Rural
Somers Middle School (5-8)Somers70%2451041,0001,000Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Northwestern Tel. Systems Inc.$13K$11K$10K$24K$24K$22K$23K$23K$24K$25K$24K$11K$11K$8K$8K$7K$8K$9K$9K$6K$9K$9K$8K$5K$1K
CenturyLink Qwest Communications Company, LLC$13K$12K$15K
Tele/Data Contractors Inc$36K
SCHOOLWIRES INC.$5K$3K$3K$3K$3K$3K$4K$4K
Charter Communications Operating, LLC$23K
Verizon Business Global LLC$98$245$484$642$660$578$408$358$358$412$419$380$184$349$177
Dell Marketing LP$6K
Instalation Technologies$1K
Software Spectrum, Inc.
Martell Construction 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.