Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$30K$44K$31K$34K
Average discount rate87%87%87%86%87%
Schools & libraries (in this area)1111
Service providers22342
Avg download speed (Mbps)5,0005,0001,0001,000
Avg upload speed (Mbps)5,0005,0001,0001,000

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice
Telecomm Services
Internal Connections$9K$723
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$25K$27K$26K$26K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services$4K$8K$5K$8K

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Star Academy$39K$46K$31K$34K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
Star AcademyMemphis90%3333335,0005,000Urban

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Comcast Business Communications$25K$27K
WebNet Memphis, Inc.$26K$26K
TechnologyLab, LLC$4K$17K$5K
CP Green Hills, LLC$8K
Webnet Memphis, Inc. dba Worldspace Technologies

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.