Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$15K$15K$105K$18K$20K$40K$19K$19K$19K$88K$17K$12K$2K$13K$13K$3K$3K$9K$4K$5K$5K$12K$7K
Average discount rate60%60%60%70%60%60%60%60%60%40%50%50%50%50%50%47%45%45%42%40%40%42%40%40%40%
Schools & libraries (in this area)4444444444
Service providers4242442328667455443443346
Avg download speed (Mbps)1,0001,5001,5001,0001,0001,000300300300300
Avg upload speed (Mbps)1,0001,5001,5001,0001,0001,000300300300300

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$1K$2K
Telecomm Services$6K$981$8K$9K$3K$6K$853$998$8K$5K
Internal Connections$90K$2K$25K$67K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$13K$15K$15K$18K$17K$15K$19K$19K$19K$19K$15K$6K$1K$4K$4K$3K$3K$4K$4K$5K$4K$2K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections$2K
Managed Internal Broadband Services

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
H B Patch Elementary School$6K$4K$29K$4K$5K$10K$9K$9K$9K$26K
Omro Elementary School$6K$4K$29K$4K$5K$10K$1K$1K$1K$15K
Omro High School$6K$4K$29K$4K$5K$10K$4K$4K$4K$27K
Omro Middle School$6K$4K$29K$4K$5K$10K$4K$4K$4K$21K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
H B Patch Elementary SchoolOmro60%215711,0001,000Rural
Omro Elementary SchoolOmro60%275881,0001,000Rural
Omro High SchoolOmro60%317871,0001,000Rural
Omro Middle SchoolOmro60%223621,0001,000Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
AMCO HBS Holdings LP$90K$2K$25K$67K
WiscNet$5K$6K$6K$7K$8K$6K$6K$6K$6K$6K$5K$5K$3K$3K$4K$4K$5K$4K$2K
Charter Communications Operating, LLC$8K$9K$9K$11K$9K$9K$13K$13K
Wisconsin Bell, Inc.$8K$8K$3K$6K$8K$5K
Charter Communications$13K$13K$721
AT&T Corporation$1K$2K$6K$1K$1K$84
Charter Fiberlink CCO, LLC$10K
Central Wisconsin Communications, Inc.$3K$3K
Appleton Cellular Telephone Company$853$998
MicroSpunk LLC$2K

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.