North Carolina's 4th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $721,009 | $1,461,812 | $4,183,471 | $1,733,110 | $2,461,990 | $2,261,330 | $1,486,935 | $1,568,336 | $958,558 | $4,567,198 |
| Average discount rate | 64% | 68% | 64% | 66% | 58% | 63% | 55% | 51% | 53% | 62% |
| Service providers | 18 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 27 |
| Billed entities | 27 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 19 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2K | $90K | $183K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $136K | $638K | $3.2M | $857K | $1.6M | $1.3M | $503K | $820K | $76K | $3.3M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $544K | $717K | $751K | $679K | $690K | $706K | $706K | $715K | $752K | $1.0M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | — | — | — | — | — | $6K | $25K | $29K | $23K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $41K | $107K | $239K | $198K | $217K | $209K | $272K | $6K | $12K | $833 |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Public School District | $362K | $528K | $3.5M | $1.3M | $889K | $1.5M | $698K | $444K | $495K | $3.5M | $6.6M | $1.3M |
| Orange County School District | $67K | $641K | $91K | $60K | $407K | $173K | $154K | $75K | $51K | $398K | $1.3M | $253K |
| Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Dist | $17K | $37K | $289K | $79K | $805K | $251K | $331K | $585K | $117K | $250K | $1.2M | $245K |
| Durham County Library System | $64K | $79K | $92K | $70K | $71K | $90K | $64K | $241K | $69K | $229K | $376K | $75K |
| Familes And Communities Rising | — | $19K | $43K | $44K | $45K | $48K | $28K | $25K | $40K | $36K | $151K | $30K |
| Triangle Math And Science Academy | $32K | $73K | — | — | — | — | $28K | — | — | — | $105K | $21K |
| Central Park School For Children | $40K | $5K | $19K | $9K | $18K | $27K | $29K | $13K | $8K | $18K | $92K | $18K |
| Cristo Rey Research Triangle | $17K | $11K | $10K | $17K | $17K | — | — | — | — | — | $72K | $14K |
| Carolina Friends School | $11K | $11K | $9K | $33K | — | — | — | — | — | — | $64K | $13K |
| Kestrel Heights Charter School | — | — | $2K | $35K | $22K | $26K | $25K | $33K | $17K | $24K | $59K | $12K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $481K | $628K | $629K | $582K | $606K | $544K | $68K | $20K | — | — | $2.9M | $585K |
| Internetwork Services, Inc. | — | — | $2.9M | — | $50K | — | — | — | — | — | $2.9M | $580K |
| Encore Technology Group LLC | $99K | $470K | $257K | $26K | $379K | $177K | — | — | — | $27K | $1.2M | $246K |
| NWN Corporation-Raleigh | — | — | — | $759K | $102K | $1.0M | — | $177K | $5K | $34K | $861K | $172K |
| Tiber Creek Consulting, Inc. | — | $103K | $206K | $161K | $175K | $178K | $253K | — | — | — | $644K | $129K |
| Encore Technology Group. LLC | — | — | — | — | $600K | — | — | — | — | — | $600K | $120K |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC | $68K | $82K | $96K | $74K | $71K | $90K | $64K | $64K | $72K | $120K | $391K | $78K |
| DISYS Solutions, Inc | — | — | $16K | $43K | $183K | — | — | — | — | — | $242K | $48K |
| Pharr Technologies, Co. | $13K | — | — | — | $195K | — | — | — | — | — | $208K | $42K |
| CNIC, Inc. | — | $157K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $157K | $31K |
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.