Alabama's 7th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $3,167,416 | $5,068,165 | $5,273,756 | $3,251,372 | $4,364,568 | $3,439,352 | $2,743,044 | $2,643,256 | $4,145,626 | $8,089,645 |
| Average discount rate | 84% | 83% | 83% | 83% | 80% | 84% | 79% | 48% | 50% | 65% |
| Service providers | 18 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 35 | 39 |
| Billed entities | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 35 | 37 | 38 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $141K | $506K | $1.1M |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $2.3M | $1.9M | $3.2M | $1.2M | $2.4M | $846K | $311K | $147K | $1.1M | $4.4M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $777K | $3.1M | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.7M | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2.6M | $2.6M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $76K | $73K | $176K | $68K | — | — | $491 | — | — | $9K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $3K | $26K | $334K | $323K | $261K | $222K | $83K | $136K | — | — |
| Wi-Fi Hotspots Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wireless School Bus Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County School District | $970K | $2.5M | $985K | $746K | $1.3M | $447K | $502K | — | $1.4M | $2.0M | $6.5M | $1.3M |
| Birmingham City School District | $312K | $533K | $3.0M | $822K | $770K | $948K | $810K | $898K | $802K | $2.0M | $5.4M | $1.1M |
| Tuscaloosa City School Dist | $76K | $627K | $280K | $209K | $89K | $78K | $100K | $257K | $149K | $722K | $1.3M | $256K |
| Dallas County School District | $454K | $215K | $182K | $207K | $207K | $200K | $200K | $204K | $270K | $443K | $1.3M | $253K |
| Hoover City School District | $644K | $99K | $117K | $92K | $134K | $87K | $87K | $83K | $83K | $103K | $1.1M | $217K |
| Selma City Schools | — | $105K | $85K | $129K | $450K | $275K | — | $212K | $229K | $247K | $769K | $154K |
| Bessemer City School Board Of Education | $174K | — | $31K | $103K | $296K | $84K | $53K | $110K | $78K | $96K | $604K | $121K |
| Sumter County School District | $40K | $196K | $95K | $95K | $95K | $95K | $95K | $143K | $154K | $162K | $519K | $104K |
| Wilcox County School District | $39K | $58K | $51K | $87K | $224K | $174K | $87K | $147K | $170K | $202K | $460K | $92K |
| Greene County School District | $71K | $42K | $42K | $145K | $87K | $152K | — | $92K | $67K | $99K | $388K | $78K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teklinks, Inc | $1.5M | $976K | $1.1M | $746K | $1.2M | — | — | — | — | $1.7M | $5.6M | $1.1M |
| Information Transport Solutions, Inc. | $642K | $470K | $560K | $777K | $1.6M | $1.4M | $629K | $926K | $1.1M | $2.1M | $4.0M | $806K |
| Office Management Systems, Inc. | — | $2K | $2.5M | $298K | $245K | $211K | $73K | $136K | — | — | $3.0M | $600K |
| Southern Light, LLC | $393K | $611K | $615K | $609K | $572K | $784K | $786K | $690K | $636K | — | $2.8M | $560K |
| CDW Government LLC | $76K | $1.8M | $145K | $209K | — | — | $93K | $134K | — | $78K | $2.2M | $448K |
| KAM Technologies | $343K | $306K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $649K | $130K |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $18K | $132K | $143K | $156K | $187K | $139K | $151K | $158K | — | — | $637K | $127K |
| BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC | $8K | $311K | $40K | — | — | $447K | $646K | $285K | $1.1M | $1.6M | $359K | $72K |
| Technical & Scientific Application Inc. | — | $134K | $19K | $134K | — | — | — | — | — | — | $288K | $58K |
| AT&T Enterprises, LLC | $22K | $36K | $12K | $117K | $96K | $165K | $100K | $2K | $14K | $33K | $282K | $56K |
Each billed entity is assigned to the congressional district (119th Congress boundaries, U.S. Census TIGER/Line 2024) containing the largest number of its recipient sites, located by their USAC-reported coordinates; entities without usable coordinates use the district in their USAC profile. Funding totals are total authorized disbursements (FCC Form 471 FRN Status, USAC dataset qdmp-ygft); speeds are from Recipient Details and Commitments (avi8-svp9); pre-2016 history is from USAC legacy data (1998-2015). Note: the last year or two in any disbursement series always looks artificially low (FY2025 invoices are still being paid) — that’s the real state of USAC’s data, not an error.