Louisiana's 3rd District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $9,254,634 | $6,988,692 | $8,678,573 | $6,217,850 | $7,848,267 | $6,173,993 | $5,445,158 | $7,807,698 | $6,369,336 | $8,631,747 |
| Average discount rate | 77% | 77% | 76% | 76% | 76% | 79% | 79% | 65% | 59% | 68% |
| Service providers | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 43 | 46 | 51 |
| Billed entities | 45 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 43 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $82K | $289K | $486K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.9M | $2.9M | $4.6M | $1.9M | $3.3M | $1.7M | $475K | $2.4M | $866K | $2.5M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $7.2M | $4.0M | $4.1M | $4.2M | $4.5M | $4.3M | $4.8M | $5.3M | $5.1M | $5.6M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $10K | $31K | $9K | $73K | $63K | $107K | $84K | $12K | $30K | $63K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $111K | $69K | $40K | $79K | $57K | $48K | $78K | $28K | $61K | $54K |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcasieu Parish School Board | $4.3M | $868K | $747K | $2.0M | $1.9M | $766K | $790K | $1.0M | $1.2M | $2.8M | $9.7M | $1.9M |
| Lafayette Parish School Dist | $204K | $1.9M | $1.9M | $324K | $225K | $214K | $594K | $886K | $628K | $559K | $4.6M | $911K |
| Acadia Parish School District | $933K | $855K | $964K | $595K | $547K | $752K | $554K | $551K | $555K | $583K | $3.9M | $779K |
| Iberia Parish School Board | $206K | $269K | $1.9M | $297K | $297K | $297K | $402K | $565K | $390K | $420K | $3.0M | $601K |
| Vermilion Parish School Dist | $1.1M | $527K | $249K | $252K | $667K | $1.1M | $492K | $850K | $864K | $771K | $2.8M | $557K |
| St. Mary Parish School District | $360K | $527K | $309K | $315K | $1.2M | $593K | $339K | $306K | $325K | $752K | $2.8M | $552K |
| Terrebonne Parish Sch District | $388K | $180K | $993K | $375K | $365K | $490K | $472K | $1.8M | $351K | $386K | $2.3M | $460K |
| Jefferson Davis Parish Dist | $506K | $291K | $318K | $341K | $789K | $460K | $336K | $398K | $363K | $436K | $2.2M | $449K |
| St. Martin Parish School District | $166K | $184K | $171K | $673K | $649K | $491K | $317K | $271K | $378K | $649K | $1.8M | $368K |
| Cameron Parish School District | $210K | $206K | $193K | $245K | $184K | $169K | $156K | $180K | $203K | $249K | $1.0M | $208K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC | $6.2M | $1.2M | $827K | $819K | $154K | — | — | — | — | — | $9.2M | $1.8M |
| Detel Wireless | — | $794K | $1.2M | $1.3M | $2.3M | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.9M | $2.9M | $3.3M | $5.6M | $1.1M |
| Detel Computer Solutions, LLC | $1.5M | $638K | $430K | $59K | $1.4M | $638K | $225K | $161K | — | — | $4.0M | $801K |
| Cebridge Telecom LA, LLC | $117K | $822K | $822K | $808K | $798K | $663K | $696K | $630K | $593K | $686K | $3.4M | $674K |
| Howard Technology Solutions | — | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | — | — | $107K | $5K | — | $3.3M | $653K |
| JSK Company, Inc | — | — | $1.7M | $1.0M | $189K | $625K | — | — | — | — | $2.9M | $577K |
| Hunt Telecommunications, LLC | $185K | $181K | $309K | $556K | $450K | $543K | $922K | $909K | $566K | $467K | $1.7M | $336K |
| Cox Louisiana Telcom, LLC | $278K | $349K | $337K | $297K | $213K | $348K | $383K | $384K | $477K | $540K | $1.5M | $295K |
| Transformyx, LLC | $388K | — | $832K | $79K | $62K | $88K | $84K | $1.5M | $45K | — | $1.4M | $272K |
| SoluVista | $24K | — | — | $518K | $531K | $236K | — | — | — | — | $1.1M | $215K |
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.