Texas's 18th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $559,718 | $7,247,172 | $8,929,680 | $9,069,940 | $3,398,939 | $6,235,320 | $18,445,301 | $5,425,223 | $9,464,985 | $8,624,347 |
| Average discount rate | 78% | 74% | 78% | 72% | 72% | 84% | 83% | 79% | 71% | 77% |
| Service providers | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 37 |
| Billed entities | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 22 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $225K | $961K | $1.8M |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $20K | $6.1M | $7.8M | $6.9M | $2.3M | $5.2M | $17.4M | $3.4M | $3.4M | $3.7M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $539K | $1.1M | $1.1M | $2.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.8M | $5.1M | $3.1M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | — | — | $72K | $1K | $149 | $446 | $149 | $2K | $27K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Indep School District | $281K | $2.1M | $7.2M | $7.5M | $3.0M | $5.7M | $17.9M | $4.3M | $5.7M | $5.7M | $20.0M | $4.0M |
| Spring Indep School District | — | $4.8M | $89K | $1.1M | $89K | $68K | $49K | $49K | $2.6M | $1.9M | $6.1M | $1.2M |
| Houston Public Library System | $145K | $199K | $1.4M | $205K | $190K | $292K | — | — | — | — | $2.1M | $429K |
| Brazos School For Inquiry And Creativity | $45K | $49K | $57K | $87K | $68K | $61K | $92K | $82K | $62K | $154K | $306K | $61K |
| Lutheran High Sch Association | $2K | $43K | $45K | $87K | $45K | $41K | $39K | $40K | $43K | $69K | $223K | $45K |
| St Pius X High School | $26K | $33K | $8K | $8K | $10K | $20K | $22K | $22K | $22K | $37K | $86K | $17K |
| Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School | — | $11K | $48K | $11K | — | — | — | — | $4K | $55K | $70K | $14K |
| Incarnate Word Academy School | $6K | $7K | $7K | $39K | $7K | $8K | $7K | $12K | $28K | $10K | $65K | $13K |
| Yellowstone College Preparatory | $11K | $13K | $41K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $64K | $13K |
| Yellowstone Academy | $11K | $13K | $13K | $8K | $8K | $8K | $15K | $15K | $15K | $43K | $52K | $10K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netsync Network Solutions | — | $1.4M | $7.8M | $6.8M | $2.3M | $5.2M | $17.4M | $3.3M | $560K | $1.9M | $18.3M | $3.7M |
| Solid IT Networks, Inc. | — | $4.7M | — | $1.0M | — | — | — | — | $1.8M | — | $5.7M | $1.1M |
| PS LIGHTWAVE, LLC | $327K | $595K | $568K | $544K | $495K | $480K | $463K | $977K | $2.9M | $860K | $2.5M | $506K |
| Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, LLC | $109K | $155K | $161K | $155K | $157K | $204K | $237K | $478K | $1.1M | $1.7M | $736K | $147K |
| Zayo Group, LLC | — | $115K | $115K | $196K | $194K | $175K | $148K | $121K | $109K | $109K | $620K | $124K |
| Ezee Fiber Texas LLC | — | $48K | $89K | $89K | $89K | $68K | $49K | $49K | $29K | $29K | $317K | $63K |
| Cebridge Telecom TX, LP | $45K | $49K | $46K | $15K | $15K | $21K | $17K | $363 | — | — | $169K | $34K |
| Layer2 Communications, Inc. | — | $31K | $44K | $43K | $44K | $41K | $38K | $39K | $43K | $43K | $162K | $32K |
| Comcast Business Communications | $32K | $20K | $18K | $17K | $6K | $3K | $2K | $265K | $295K | $277K | $94K | $19K |
| Verizon Business Global LLC | — | — | $11K | $40K | $40K | $40K | $59K | $63K | $57K | $115K | $91K | $18K |
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.