Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$1K$7K$8K$4K$19K$18K$14K$14K$10K
Average discount rate50%50%50%50%50%61%60%60%50%
Schools & libraries (in this area)11111
Service providers212266442
Avg download speed (Mbps)100100681818
Avg upload speed (Mbps)100100681818

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$2K$6K
Telecomm Services$9K$14K$9K
Internal Connections$10K$6K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$1K$7K$8K$4K$7K$6K$5K$114
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Desert Academy$8K$8K$8K$5K$20K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Desert AcademySanta Fe50%11917100100Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Cyber Mesa Computer Systems, Inc.$3K$5K$6K$5K$6K$8K
Mega Path Corporation$815$4K$5K$5K$6K
Windstream Communications, LLC$1K$7K$8K
Valcom Salt Lake City, LC$10K
Verizon Wireless (Cellco Partnership)$174$278$3K$2K$2K
GLOBAL STORM, LLC$5K
CenturyLink Qwest Corporation$419$534$629$589
Harmonix Technologies Inc$422
ApplianSys LLC

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.