Rhode Island's 1st District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $2,495,341 | $3,044,814 | $4,509,699 | $3,444,478 | $4,508,251 | $4,207,721 | $4,128,329 | $4,393,794 | $3,806,891 | $5,705,942 |
| Average discount rate | 66% | 66% | 64% | 67% | 63% | 67% | 68% | 59% | 55% | 58% |
| Service providers | 19 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 19 | 25 | 35 |
| Billed entities | 57 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 61 | 61 | 63 | 63 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $42K | $127K | $364K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.0M | $590K | $2.0M | $489K | $1.3M | $967K | $613K | $880K | $245K | $1.2M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.4M | $1.9M | $2.0M | $2.3M | $2.7M | $2.8M | $3.1M | $3.1M | $3.0M | $3.7M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $35K | $520K | $540K | $530K | $503K | $430K | $427K | $390K | $404K | $438K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $69K | $81K | $7K | $110K | $75K | $12K | — | — | — | $14K |
| Wi-Fi Hotspots Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.I. Department Of Elementary & Secondary | $763K | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.5M | $1.8M | $1.9M | $2.1M | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.4M | $6.4M | $1.3M |
| Providence School District | $41K | $500K | $1.4M | $534K | $795K | $750K | $611K | $506K | $397K | $488K | $3.3M | $663K |
| Pawtucket City School District | $658K | $44K | $433K | $67K | $70K | $165K | $316K | $53K | $44K | $527K | $1.3M | $254K |
| Central Falls School District | $204K | $74K | $76K | $76K | $397K | $185K | $78K | $28K | $44K | $356K | $827K | $165K |
| Children'S Friend And Service | $43K | $210K | $169K | $219K | $153K | $97K | $264K | $207K | $286K | $224K | $794K | $159K |
| Woonsocket School District | $79K | $95K | $349K | $119K | $69K | $69K | $80K | $277K | $71K | $795K | $712K | $142K |
| East Providence School Dist | $24K | $499K | $26K | $6K | $30K | $80K | $43K | $657K | $36K | $44K | $585K | $117K |
| Bristol Warren Regional School Dist | $59K | $8K | $128K | $18K | $178K | $134K | $9K | $43K | $77K | $151K | $392K | $78K |
| Newport Public School District | $39K | $74K | $76K | $105K | $77K | $67K | $92K | $17K | $92K | $85K | $372K | $74K |
| Lincoln School Department | $45K | $55K | $10K | $62K | $55K | $26K | $8K | $19K | $13K | $9K | $227K | $45K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Rhode Island Telcom, LLC | $910K | $886K | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.8M | $2.3M | $2.0M | $5.9M | $1.2M |
| Custom Computer Specialist, Inc. | $95K | $991K | $1.5M | $603K | $911K | $803K | $557K | $395K | $400K | $423K | $4.1M | $819K |
| Oshean Inc | $403K | $571K | $511K | $724K | $667K | $635K | $622K | $575K | $428K | $1.0M | $2.9M | $575K |
| ePlus Technology, Inc. | $761K | — | $516K | $57K | $563K | $260K | $374K | $34K | $170K | $938K | $1.9M | $380K |
| Crown Castle Fiber LLC | $85K | $286K | $50K | $97K | $495K | $111K | $575K | $514K | $134K | $576K | $1.0M | $203K |
| The Apex Technology Group, Inc. | — | $23K | $290K | $57K | $57K | $85K | $46K | $219K | $3K | $159K | $426K | $85K |
| Carousel Industries of North America, Inc. | — | $44K | $36K | $200K | $53K | — | $60K | — | — | — | $333K | $67K |
| Verizon Business Global LLC | — | $145K | $135K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $280K | $56K |
| Whally Computer Associates, Inc. | $41K | $15K | $8K | $6K | $208K | $6K | $1K | $673 | $2K | $21K | $277K | $55K |
| Verizon Rhode Island | — | — | — | $103K | $100K | $96K | $203K | $204K | $207K | $350K | $203K | $41K |
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.