North Carolina's 3rd District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $3,811,432 | $3,952,753 | $6,918,474 | $3,571,138 | $7,145,897 | $5,893,808 | $4,453,536 | $4,500,542 | $3,894,411 | $7,423,453 |
| Average discount rate | 78% | 77% | 78% | 77% | 79% | 80% | 79% | 66% | 62% | 63% |
| Service providers | 22 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 34 | 23 | 34 | 42 | 38 |
| Billed entities | 28 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $25K | $161K | $366K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.7M | $981K | $3.9M | $647K | $3.9M | $2.6M | $1.2M | $1.7M | $1.1M | $3.1M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $2.1M | $2.9M | $2.9M | $2.9M | $3.2M | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2.8M | $2.6M | $3.9M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | — | $783 | $1K | — | $24K | — | $767 | $548 | $10K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $72K | $49K | $134K | $16K | $32K | $19K | $2K | $10K | $2K | $1K |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitt County School District | $1.6M | $1.3M | $2.7M | $1.0M | $1.0M | $2.2M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $690K | $1.3M | $7.7M | $1.5M |
| Onslow County School District | $438K | $1.1M | $913K | $431K | $1.2M | $1.1M | $993K | $1.0M | $663K | $531K | $4.0M | $809K |
| Carteret County School Dist | $256K | $188K | $292K | $796K | $1.3M | $442K | $261K | $182K | $242K | $950K | $2.8M | $563K |
| Sampson County School District | $95K | $336K | $709K | $393K | $877K | $555K | $319K | $353K | $438K | $714K | $2.4M | $482K |
| Duplin County School District | $498K | $156K | $156K | $147K | $471K | $197K | $701K | $477K | $229K | $273K | $1.4M | $286K |
| Beaufort County School Dist | $339K | $337K | $166K | $139K | $433K | $193K | $117K | $138K | $180K | $328K | $1.4M | $283K |
| Craven County Schools | — | $6K | $668K | — | $724K | — | — | — | $448K | $2.3M | $1.4M | $280K |
| Dare County Schools | $87K | $85K | $603K | $110K | $180K | $180K | $119K | $295K | $185K | $125K | $1.1M | $213K |
| Clinton City Schools | $129K | $43K | $307K | $80K | $245K | $136K | $80K | $97K | $121K | $135K | $805K | $161K |
| Jones County School District | $86K | $109K | $53K | $74K | $34K | $32K | $32K | $194K | $116K | $117K | $357K | $71K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC | $1.5M | $1.9M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $818K | $180K | $160K | $7.9M | $1.6M |
| Applied Network Consulting Group | $866K | $809K | $1.2M | $113K | $1.4M | $500K | $600K | $459K | $101K | $242K | $4.4M | $879K |
| StarVision, Inc | $90K | $410K | $412K | $449K | $412K | $412K | $412K | $409K | $436K | $479K | $1.8M | $354K |
| BridgeTek Solutions LLC | — | — | $1.4M | — | — | $68K | — | — | — | — | $1.4M | $288K |
| Broadplex, LLC | — | — | $431K | $431K | $420K | $682K | $661K | $484K | $1.2M | $872K | $1.3M | $256K |
| Connect Parent Corporation | $227K | $276K | $251K | $224K | $275K | $339K | $353K | $445K | $531K | $1.2M | $1.3M | $251K |
| A3 Communications, Inc. | — | — | $6K | $470K | $674K | — | $13K | — | $420K | $864K | $1.2M | $230K |
| Internetwork Services, Inc. | — | — | $953K | — | — | $928K | — | — | — | — | $953K | $191K |
| DISYS Solutions, Inc | — | — | — | — | $785K | $730K | — | — | — | — | $785K | $157K |
| Wescott Technologies LLC | $751K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $751K | $150K |
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.