North Carolina's 5th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $4,676,196 | $8,861,453 | $7,193,355 | $3,677,918 | $4,763,580 | $6,359,484 | $3,158,340 | $3,305,207 | $5,114,782 | $10,667,100 |
| Average discount rate | 83% | 83% | 79% | 78% | 78% | 78% | 80% | 73% | 53% | 57% |
| Service providers | 19 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 22 | 25 | 28 |
| Billed entities | 25 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $4K | $107K | $847K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $2.6M | $6.4M | $5.0M | $1.4M | $2.3M | $3.8M | $815K | $905K | $2.9M | $6.2M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.9M | $2.2M | $2.0M | $2.0M | $2.3M | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.1M | $3.6M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | — | — | — | — | $20K | $15K | $54K | — | $41K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $172K | $228K | $237K | $291K | $166K | $203K | $2K | — | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilford County School Dist | $1.6M | $6.1M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $1.9M | $2.9M | $652K | $658K | $1.9M | $7.6M | $13.5M | $2.7M |
| Caldwell County School Dist | $1.1M | $248K | $373K | $228K | $647K | $685K | $727K | $649K | $744K | $546K | $2.6M | $514K |
| Rockingham County Schools | $136K | $488K | $1.6M | $134K | $167K | $630K | $175K | $164K | $172K | $201K | $2.6M | $512K |
| Wilkes County School District | $424K | $231K | $1.1M | $179K | $179K | $214K | $352K | $134K | $210K | $216K | $2.1M | $429K |
| Surry County School District | $481K | $194K | $145K | $402K | $536K | $488K | $300K | $405K | $439K | $461K | $1.8M | $351K |
| Stokes County School District | $94K | $536K | $95K | $295K | $104K | $256K | $118K | $309K | $461K | $292K | $1.1M | $225K |
| Alexander County School Dist | $114K | $354K | $418K | $77K | $104K | $224K | $112K | $119K | $285K | $111K | $1.1M | $214K |
| Watauga County School District | $69K | $237K | $448K | $59K | $75K | $124K | $84K | $118K | $229K | $439K | $887K | $177K |
| Ashe County School District | $190K | $99K | $328K | $88K | $88K | $166K | $110K | $170K | $97K | $165K | $794K | $159K |
| Alleghany County School District | $78K | $69K | $69K | $69K | $188K | $106K | $69K | $71K | $122K | $91K | $473K | $95K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encore Technology Group LLC | $297K | $5.1M | $1.4M | — | $77K | — | — | — | — | $31K | $6.9M | $1.4M |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $1.1M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $464K | $435K | — | — | $6.3M | $1.3M |
| NWN Corporation-Raleigh | — | — | $1.3M | $826K | $812K | $1.4M | $7K | $10K | — | $22K | $2.9M | $590K |
| A3 Communications, Inc. | — | $778K | $1.5M | — | — | $529K | $142K | $28K | — | — | $2.3M | $456K |
| CNIC, Inc. | — | $227K | $447K | $204K | $580K | $975K | $476K | $242K | $814K | $334K | $1.5M | $291K |
| Applied Network Consulting Group | $646K | $136K | $77K | $166K | $338K | $516K | $38K | $265K | $355K | $110K | $1.4M | $272K |
| Converged Networks, LLC | $639K | $31K | — | $257K | $318K | $236K | $70K | $190K | $87K | $128K | $1.2M | $249K |
| Surry Telephone Membership Corp. | $212K | $214K | $192K | $192K | $222K | $289K | $296K | $292K | $303K | $237K | $1.0M | $206K |
| Southeastern Technology Group, Inc. | $158K | $215K | $227K | $208K | $163K | $149K | — | — | — | — | $970K | $194K |
| Skyline Telephone Membership Corporation | $200K | $194K | $185K | $175K | $176K | $176K | $185K | $187K | $214K | $331K | $931K | $186K |
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.