Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$468$1K$3K$3K$870$3K$3K$3K$720$2K$2K$828$490$667$975
Average discount rate30%30%50%50%60%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%60%60%
Schools & libraries (in this area)1
Service providers2222222222111222
Avg download speed (Mbps)100
Avg upload speed (Mbps)7

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$234$831
Telecomm Services$3K$3K$3K$3K$2K$2K$2K$336$226$406
Internal Connections
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$234$238$870$725$720$720$720$720$688$492$490$441$569
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
St Matthew'S School$468

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
St Matthew'S SchoolKalispell10%159431007Urban

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
CenturyTel of Montana, Inc.$234$831$3K$3K$3K$3K$2K$2K$2K$828$490$667$831
Bresnan Communications, LLC$870$725$720$720$720$720
Charter Communications$234$238
Touch America, Inc.$144

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.