South Carolina's 1st District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $1,277,884 | $1,697,676 | $1,818,124 | $3,093,077 | $6,758,948 | $2,688,806 | $1,852,584 | $2,372,992 | $1,426,231 | $3,650,826 |
| Average discount rate | 57% | 60% | 74% | 71% | 74% | 77% | 74% | 71% | 66% | 66% |
| Service providers | 17 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 30 |
| Billed entities | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $142K | $317K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $945K | $1.1M | $1.2M | $2.4M | $6.1M | $2.0M | $1.2M | $1.7M | $665K | $2.7M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $327K | $613K | $627K | $668K | $681K | $616K | $622K | $584K | $575K | $597K |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | — | $2K | — | $6K | $37K | $70K | $49K | $45K | $40K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $6K | $5K | $7K | $5K | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort County School Dist | $307K | $571K | $566K | $563K | $3.3M | $822K | $743K | $608K | $945K | $2.5M | $5.3M | $1.1M |
| Berkeley County School Dist | $893K | $496K | $1.0M | $2.0M | $584K | $1.0M | $876K | $736K | $231K | $971K | $5.0M | $998K |
| Dorchester County Sch Dist 2 | $13K | $549K | $36K | $299K | $2.5M | $710K | $155K | $1.0M | $212K | $36K | $3.4M | $677K |
| Porter-Gaud School | — | $13K | $66K | $70K | $19K | $25K | $18K | $17K | $17K | $56K | $168K | $34K |
| James Island Charter High School | — | $1K | $1K | $1K | $157K | $835 | $1K | $780 | $780 | $19K | $160K | $32K |
| Hilton Head Preparatory School | $14K | $20K | $20K | $40K | $43K | $33K | $34K | — | — | — | $137K | $27K |
| Bridges Preparatory School Charter | — | $12K | $77K | — | $44K | — | — | — | — | — | $133K | $27K |
| Amikids Beaufort | $1K | $2K | $6K | $5K | $80K | $1K | $6K | $6K | $6K | $11K | $95K | $19K |
| Palmetto Christian Academy | $17K | $6K | $15K | $10K | $11K | $7K | $14K | — | — | — | $57K | $11K |
| Riverview Charter School | $14K | $10K | $6K | $26K | — | — | — | — | $1K | $22K | $56K | $11K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BridgeTek Solutions LLC | $893K | $496K | $1.0M | $2.0M | $420K | $1.0M | $876K | — | $151K | $446K | $4.8M | $965K |
| A3 Communications, Inc. | — | $12K | $113K | $299K | $2.5M | $710K | $155K | $1.0M | $212K | — | $3.0M | $591K |
| PC Solutions & Integration, Inc. | — | — | — | — | $2.7M | — | — | — | — | — | $2.7M | $547K |
| Hargray Telephone Co., LLC | $14K | $591K | $586K | $603K | $585K | $588K | $584K | $559K | $595K | $658K | $2.4M | $476K |
| Encore Technology Group LLC | $13K | $549K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $563K | $113K |
| Cable One, Inc. | $307K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $307K | $61K |
| DISYS Solutions, Inc | — | — | — | — | $164K | — | — | $736K | — | — | $164K | $33K |
| Encore Technology Group. LLC | — | — | — | — | $156K | — | — | — | — | $17K | $156K | $31K |
| South Carolina Net, LLC | $3K | $14K | $21K | $33K | $18K | $17K | $23K | $16K | $16K | $23K | $90K | $18K |
| Network Innovations, LLC | $1K | $2K | $6K | $5K | $64K | — | — | — | — | — | $79K | $16K |
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.