North Carolina's 7th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $2,601,647 | $5,177,627 | $6,303,879 | $3,412,326 | $4,524,539 | $3,657,276 | $8,525,014 | $4,010,904 | $4,522,734 | $5,900,236 |
| Average discount rate | 72% | 74% | 72% | 72% | 75% | 79% | 82% | 55% | 53% | 68% |
| Service providers | 24 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 37 |
| Billed entities | 21 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 26 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $82K | $303K | $558K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $973K | $2.4M | $3.5M | $608K | $1.6M | $613K | $5.3M | $569K | $993K | $2.1M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.6M | $2.7M | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.8M | $3.0M | $3.2M | $3.3M | $3.2M | $3.2M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $3K | — | — | — | $30K | $8K | — | — | — | $1K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $5K | $13K | $16K | $4K | $13K | $11K | $12K | $13K | $11K | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick County Schools | $1.0M | $1.2M | $1.9M | $744K | $1.3M | $1.1M | $690K | $692K | $659K | $810K | $6.1M | $1.2M |
| New Hanover County Board Of Ed | $1.0M | $1.2M | $2.2M | $289K | $322K | $308K | $885K | $396K | $1.2M | $1.5M | $5.0M | $1.0M |
| Cumberland County School Dist | — | $666K | $1.0M | $1.0M | $998K | $1.3M | $5.5M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.5M | $3.7M | $735K |
| Pender County School District | $107K | $1.3M | $184K | $184K | $556K | — | $215K | $497K | $396K | $651K | $2.3M | $468K |
| Bladen County School District | $227K | $220K | $320K | $801K | $335K | $437K | $335K | $485K | $471K | $610K | $1.9M | $381K |
| Columbus County Schools District | $74K | $99K | $431K | $115K | $664K | $266K | $281K | $314K | $341K | $320K | $1.4M | $277K |
| Whiteville City School District | $32K | $141K | $138K | — | $15K | — | $104K | $34K | $5K | $91K | $326K | $65K |
| Cumberland Community Action Program, Inc. (Ccap) | $28K | $66K | $56K | $43K | $59K | $81K | $81K | $78K | $107K | $132K | $253K | $51K |
| Brunswick County Library | $12K | $79K | $31K | $72K | $16K | $19K | $17K | $14K | — | — | $210K | $42K |
| Columbus Charter School | — | $25K | — | $20K | $38K | $15K | — | $37K | $5K | $56K | $83K | $17K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Seawinds Communications, LLC | $945K | $1.0M | $762K | $759K | $759K | $752K | $632K | $613K | — | — | $4.2M | $847K |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $50K | $430K | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $3.8M | $757K |
| Internetwork Services, Inc. | — | — | $3.0M | — | $155K | $13K | — | — | — | — | $3.1M | $630K |
| Applied Network Consulting Group | $124K | $1.1M | $472K | $33K | $934K | — | $180K | — | — | — | $2.6M | $526K |
| Star Telephone Membership Corporation | $227K | $220K | $320K | $333K | $335K | $335K | $335K | $481K | $459K | $457K | $1.4M | $287K |
| CNIC, Inc. | — | $873K | $16K | — | $447K | — | $1K | $33K | — | $437K | $1.3M | $267K |
| BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC | $316K | $416K | $303K | $16K | $6K | $5K | $6K | $1K | $446K | $694K | $1.1M | $211K |
| True IP Solutions LLC | — | $184K | $184K | $184K | $184K | — | $215K | $257K | $290K | $78K | $737K | $147K |
| AT&T Corp. | — | — | — | $289K | $322K | $308K | $333K | $281K | $8K | $40K | $611K | $122K |
| Encore Technology Group LLC | $33K | $20K | $7K | $476K | $42K | $509K | — | — | — | — | $579K | $116K |
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.