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VT disbursement data

Vermont Lifeline disbursements by provider and year.

A state-level view of USAC Lifeline disbursement records for Vermont, including latest-month reimbursements, trailing 12-month totals, annual totals, study-area/provider rows, and support-type breakouts.

Quick answer

In June 2026, Vermont Lifeline disbursements totaled $59,698. The trailing 12-month total from July 2025 through June 2026 was $712,176.

$60K

June 2026 amount

30 source rows

$712K

Trailing 12 months

July 2025 through June 2026

$7.1M

Since January 2018

824,169 subscriber-count row total

6,845

Latest claim volume

Row-summed support count, not unique people

Top Vermont provider rows in June 2026

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - VT149018$20,3322,198
IM TELECOM, LLC - VT149010$12,5801,361
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - VT149006$9,6291,041
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC. - VT145115$5,130843
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - VT140001$3,968429
VERMONT TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC.147332$2,278271
WAITSFIELD/FAYSTON TEL. CO.140069$1,300166
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - VT149019$1,268137
TELRITE CORPORATION - VT149009$1,212131
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - VT149015$944102
SHOREHAM TEL. CO., INC.140064$27439
FRANKLIN TEL. CO.-VT140053$27232
NORTHLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY OF VERMONT143331$26649
TOPSHAM TEL. CO., INC.140068$23645
TERRACOM, INC. - VT149020$91

Top Vermont provider rows, trailing 12 months

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - VT149018$185,47420,051
IM TELECOM, LLC - VT149010$135,83014,689
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - VT149006$118,30812,790
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC. - VT145115$63,02310,664
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - VT140001$51,0255,518
VERMONT TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC.147332$28,2713,373
TELRITE CORPORATION - VT149009$23,4972,542
ASSURANCE WIRELESS USA, L.P. - VT149022$22,9882,485
CITY OF BURLINGTON149013$20,8752,290
WAITSFIELD/FAYSTON TEL. CO.140069$16,0352,071
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - VT149015$15,3371,658
Q LINK WIRELESS, LLC - VT149008$8,936966
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - VT149019$4,432479
SHOREHAM TEL. CO., INC.140064$3,524518
NORTHLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY OF VERMONT143331$3,354618

Vermont annual disbursement totals

Annual totals are grouped by disbursement year. Adjustment rows are included, so this is a cash-flow view of the data rather than a pure service-month enrollment series.

YearAmountClaim volumeRows
2018$1,286,548139,084252
2019$963,823104,194313
2020$914,274105,188358
2021$737,76191,800366
2022$598,51975,663420
2023$772,28793,506435
2024$762,07889,727465
2025$716,76783,900510
2026$357,01241,107215

Vermont latest-month disbursement mix

Provider type

CETC

$49,942

83.7% of this breakdown

ILEC

$9,756

16.3% of this breakdown

Technology

WIRELESS

$49,942

83.7% of this breakdown

WIRELINE

$9,756

16.3% of this breakdown

Service type

BUNDLED

$52,486

87.9% of this breakdown

VOICE

$4,742

7.9% of this breakdown

BROADBAND

$2,479

4.2% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$9

-0.0% of this breakdown

Support type

NON-TRIBAL

$59,707

100.0% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$9

-0.0% of this breakdown

Submission type

CLAIM

$59,707

100.0% of this breakdown

ADJUSTMENT

-$9

-0.0% of this breakdown

How to read this Vermont data

Data source: USAC Lifeline program data at https://www.usac.org/lifeline/resources/program-data/. Study Area Name is the legal or study-area label in the source data, not always the consumer brand name.

Glossary source: Lifeline Disbursements Dataset Glossary, last updated September 22, 2020. USAC describes this dataset as monthly Lifeline Program dollars disbursed to Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) since January 2018. The glossary says the fields are self-reported by program applicants and that missing values usually occur where a field was not required.

Subscriber Count is summed across claim rows. Use it as subscriber-month claim volume, not as a unique count of people in Vermont.

For eligibility demand, use this with the State of Lifeline report and the Vermont Lifeline guide.

Study Area Code

Unique six-digit identifier assigned to an ETC for a service area.

Field completeness: 100%

Support Year / Month

The data month from FCC Form 497 or the Lifeline Claims System.

Field completeness: 100%

Submission Type

Whether the source row is a claim or an adjustment.

Field completeness: 100%

Disbursement Type

Whether funds came from Lifeline, Link Up, or Toll Limitation Services.

Field completeness: 100%

Subscriber Count

Number of subscribers being claimed in the source row.

Field completeness: 100%

Disbursement Amount

Amount of funding disbursed to the carrier.

Field completeness: 100%