Montana's 2nd District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $2,000,587 | $2,250,154 | $2,909,694 | $2,686,236 | $5,095,076 | $2,065,011 | $2,445,636 | $2,423,559 | $2,930,875 | $2,987,429 |
| Average discount rate | 73% | 74% | 69% | 71% | 71% | 71% | 71% | 65% | 54% | 50% |
| Service providers | 45 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 47 | 53 | 63 | 60 |
| Billed entities | 140 | 142 | 143 | 145 | 143 | 145 | 148 | 149 | 154 | 163 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $17K | $121K | $346K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $760K | $627K | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.0M | $451K | $726K | $557K | $1.2M | $1.1M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.2M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.6M | $4.0M | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.5M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | $1K | $365 | $473 | $4K | $7K | $6K | $19K | $15K | $4K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $56K | $52K | $42K | $29K | $35K | $40K | $35K | $48K | $31K | $26K |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Falls Public Schools A.K.A. Great Falls School District 1&A | $21K | $123K | $342K | $110K | $2.7M | $295K | $230K | $219K | $154K | $229K | $3.3M | $665K |
| Billings School District 2 | $247K | $299K | $521K | $582K | $446K | $200K | $196K | $386K | $477K | $547K | $2.1M | $419K |
| Helena Public School Dist 1 | $134K | $123K | $108K | $267K | $111K | $101K | $101K | $80K | $530K | $97K | $743K | $149K |
| Havre School District 16 A A.K.A. Havre Public Schools | $10K | $25K | $168K | $152K | $48K | $48K | $90K | $62K | $49K | $58K | $403K | $81K |
| Lame Deer School District 6 A.K.A. Lame Deer Public Schools | $114K | $58K | $69K | $74K | $79K | $78K | $60K | $50K | $35K | $51K | $394K | $79K |
| Laurel School District 7-70 A.K.A. Laurel Public Schools | $34K | $35K | $166K | $29K | $92K | $39K | $112K | $209K | $109K | $40K | $357K | $71K |
| Miles City Unif Sch Dist 1 A.K.A. Miles City Public Schools | $30K | $161K | $17K | $46K | $44K | $45K | $31K | $28K | $40K | $36K | $298K | $60K |
| Rocky Boy School District 87-J A.K.A. Rocky Boy Public Schools | $83K | $56K | $45K | $53K | $32K | $29K | $62K | $23K | $31K | $21K | $267K | $53K |
| St. Labre Indian Educational Association | $66K | $53K | $77K | $32K | $29K | $31K | $32K | $18K | $18K | $34K | $256K | $51K |
| Hardin School Dist 1 & 17-H | $10K | $42K | $27K | $106K | $40K | $5K | $99K | — | $7K | $41K | $226K | $45K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wanrack LLC | — | $60K | $60K | $37K | $2.3M | — | — | — | — | — | $2.4M | $489K |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $400K | $489K | $432K | $425K | $572K | $515K | $538K | $644K | $18K | — | $2.3M | $464K |
| NetDiverse LLC | $219K | $154K | $321K | $261K | $328K | $150K | $189K | $250K | $225K | $233K | $1.3M | $257K |
| Triangle Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc. | $279K | $289K | $225K | $200K | $203K | $191K | $157K | $140K | $155K | $200K | $1.2M | $239K |
| Vision Net, Inc | $120K | $131K | $132K | $159K | $240K | $108K | $113K | $27K | $30K | $42K | $783K | $157K |
| ByteSpeed, LLC | — | $2K | $274K | $156K | $122K | $50K | $68K | $100K | $131K | $118K | $555K | $111K |
| Pine Cove Consulting, LLC | $184K | $82K | $34K | $36K | $189K | $56K | $131K | $24K | $9K | $36K | $526K | $105K |
| High Tech Solutions-Systems Group, Inc | — | — | — | $338K | $181K | — | — | — | — | — | $520K | $104K |
| Range Telephone Coop., Inc. | $89K | $97K | $116K | $111K | $94K | $117K | $78K | $63K | $56K | $96K | $507K | $101K |
| Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (CLEC) | $52K | $60K | $101K | $136K | $125K | $122K | $89K | $76K | $82K | $88K | $474K | $95K |
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.