North Dakota At-Large
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $1,358,860 | $2,561,189 | $3,333,395 | $3,465,957 | $3,658,037 | $3,221,865 | $2,843,844 | $3,414,787 | $2,852,304 | $3,785,817 |
| Average discount rate | 59% | 60% | 59% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 58% | 46% | 45% |
| Service providers | 32 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 41 | 55 | 68 |
| Billed entities | 56 | 48 | 51 | 48 | 62 | 67 | 81 | 77 | 103 | 162 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $10K | $63K | $231K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $510K | $1.2M | $1.9M | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $741K | $1.2M | $646K | $1.4M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $842K | $1.4M | $1.4M | $2.1M | $2.1M | $2.1M | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2.1M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | $2K | $7K | $2K | $90K | $3K | $551 | $20K | $6K | $30K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $7K | $10K | $33K | $15K | $40K | $21K | $22K | $11K | $10K | $16K |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nd School Net | $629K | $1.0M | $1.0M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.7M | $5.9M | $1.2M |
| Bismarck School District 1 | $187K | $160K | $210K | $212K | $358K | $173K | $172K | $219K | $166K | $106K | $1.1M | $225K |
| Fargo School District 1 | — | $221K | $417K | $232K | $159K | $123K | $157K | $110K | $115K | $102K | $1.0M | $206K |
| Williston Basin Sd #7 | $27K | $35K | $128K | $456K | $45K | — | — | — | — | — | $692K | $138K |
| Minot School District 1 | $23K | $107K | $476K | $31K | $31K | $31K | $31K | $31K | $30K | $449K | $667K | $133K |
| Grand Forks School District 1 | $30K | $141K | $139K | $148K | $182K | $97K | $89K | $110K | $113K | $132K | $640K | $128K |
| Dickinson School District 1 | $86K | $93K | $235K | $39K | — | $51K | $19K | $93K | $19K | $19K | $454K | $91K |
| West Fargo School District 6 | — | — | $117K | $108K | $177K | $228K | $88K | $97K | $161K | $269K | $403K | $81K |
| Mandan School District 1 | — | $67K | $156K | $38K | $114K | $120K | $65K | $6K | $50K | $46K | $376K | $75K |
| Jamestown Public School District #1 | $20K | $189K | $20K | $20K | $25K | $73K | — | $37K | $26K | $42K | $274K | $55K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCN,LLC | $627K | $968K | $997K | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.7M | $5.8M | $1.2M |
| Marco Technologies, LLC | $64K | $476K | $781K | $397K | $469K | $427K | $298K | $297K | $306K | $286K | $2.2M | $437K |
| High Point Networks, LLC | $151K | $421K | $812K | $243K | $326K | $365K | $133K | $643K | $104K | $623K | $2.0M | $390K |
| Midcontinent Communications | $132K | $218K | $227K | $152K | $177K | $180K | $177K | $179K | $186K | $170K | $906K | $181K |
| Dickey Rural Telephone Cooperative | $121K | $90K | $136K | $51K | $289K | $97K | $66K | $117K | $34K | $25K | $687K | $137K |
| ByteSpeed, LLC | — | — | $84K | $436K | — | — | $66K | $6K | $27K | $21K | $521K | $104K |
| Network Center, Inc. | — | $52K | $6K | $52K | $201K | $40K | $40K | $18K | $20K | $124K | $311K | $62K |
| Dell-Comm, Inc. | $23K | — | $32K | $45K | $127K | — | — | $1K | — | $19K | $227K | $45K |
| Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC | $11K | $17K | $12K | $69K | $97K | $93K | $91K | $97K | $110K | $109K | $206K | $41K |
| Corporate Technologies LLC | — | — | — | $42K | $132K | $76K | — | $11K | $75K | $163K | $174K | $35K |
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.