Overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | — | $11K | $11K | $11K | $3K | $15K | $7K | $36K | $30K | $36K | $60K | $83K | $91K | $106K | $112K | $120K | $133K | $127K | $135K | $189K | $100K | $90K | $14K | — | — | — | — | — |
| Average discount rate | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 72% | 73% | 76% | 85% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 80% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Schools & libraries (in this area) | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Service providers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Avg download speed (Mbps) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 340 | 330 | 396 | 96 | 42 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Avg upload speed (Mbps) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 340 | 90 | 201 | 64 | 42 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Subsidies by E-Rate service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2K | $6K | $15K | $27K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $66K | $57K | $70K | $64K | $68K | $73K | $86K | $109K | $64K | $74K | $73K | $14K | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $97K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | — | $11K | $11K | $11K | $3K | $15K | $7K | $34K | $23K | $21K | $33K | $18K | $34K | $36K | $49K | $48K | $54K | $36K | $19K | $18K | $26K | $17K | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $4K | $5K | $5K | $7K | $9K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution
| Recipient | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amikids, Inc. | — | $11K | $11K | $11K | $3K | $24K | $37K | $45K | $47K | $70K |
Recipient demographics
| Recipient | City | Discount Rate | Students | NSLP | Down Mbps | Up Mbps | Urban/Rural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amikids, Inc. | Tampa | 90% | 617 | 583 | 100 | 100 | Urban |
Subsidies by service provider (top 10)
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon Wireless (Cellco Partnership) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2K | $4K | $12K | $22K | $38K | $37K | $44K | $43K | $41K | $43K | $44K | $37K | $1K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ITC Deltacom Communications, Inc | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $14K | $19K | $23K | $24K | $29K | $37K | $40K | $22K | $22K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bright House Networks, LLC | — | — | — | — | — | $4K | $4K | $22K | $26K | $24K | $32K | $31K | $7K | $6K | $4K | $6K | $7K | $7K | $6K | $5K | $462 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AT&T Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $228 | $3K | $3K | $3K | $3K | $3K | $6K | $11K | $19K | $23K | $26K | $10K | — | — | — | — | — |
| DTNet, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $106K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Qwest Communications Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2K | $19K | $19K | $19K | $19K | $21K | $6K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Verizon Business Global LLC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $5K | $9K | $9K | $9K | $9K | $9K | $9K | $7K | $7K | $8K | $8K | $8K | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sprint Spectrum, L.P. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $698 | $2K | $3K | $9K | $16K | $28K | $34K | $1K | — | — | — | — | — |
| Verizon Online LLC | — | — | — | — | — | $8K | — | $7K | — | — | — | — | — | $5K | $5K | $5K | $4K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Network Innovations, LLC | — | $11K | $11K | $11K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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.