South Carolina's 5th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $1,480,734 | $5,084,447 | $1,683,676 | $2,119,805 | $4,792,247 | $4,800,731 | $1,765,382 | $1,806,859 | $1,229,743 | $2,522,397 |
| Average discount rate | 75% | 77% | 80% | 81% | 79% | 78% | 75% | 72% | 60% | 71% |
| Service providers | 23 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 37 |
| Billed entities | 25 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $47K | $324K | $762K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.4M | $4.7M | $1.6M | $2.0M | $4.6M | $4.7M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $743K | $1.4M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $58K | $293K | $126K | $107K | $143K | $117K | $99K | $106K | $162K | $294K |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | — | — | $4K | $40K | $5K | — | $73K | — | $38K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $48K | $47K | $5K | $6K | — | — | $10K | — | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumter School District | $31K | $996K | $152K | $894K | $25K | $865K | $495K | $263K | $225K | $373K | $2.1M | $420K |
| Lancaster County School District | $45K | $119K | $957K | $154K | $652K | $1.1M | — | $23K | $124K | $659K | $1.9M | $385K |
| Kershaw County School District | $148K | $1.3M | — | — | — | $64K | — | $165K | $15K | $215K | $1.5M | $295K |
| Fort Mill School District 4 | $133K | $867K | — | — | $453K | $275K | $188K | $102K | — | $37K | $1.5M | $291K |
| Rock Hill School District 3 | $228K | $384K | $98K | $41K | $658K | $1.2M | — | $424K | $116K | $116K | $1.4M | $282K |
| Spartanburg County School District Two | — | — | — | — | $1.2M | — | — | $35K | $259K | — | $1.2M | $248K |
| Cherokee County School District 1 | — | $726K | $33K | — | $177K | $513K | — | $9K | $113K | $42K | $936K | $187K |
| Chester County School District | — | $178K | — | $214K | $482K | $135K | $222K | — | $23K | $81K | $874K | $175K |
| York County School District 2 | $606K | — | — | $4K | $13K | $115K | $152K | $378K | $45K | $157K | $623K | $125K |
| Union County School District | — | — | $162K | $381K | — | $124K | $349K | $4K | $8K | $15K | $543K | $109K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BridgeTek Solutions LLC | — | $1.6M | $957K | $94K | $1.6M | $2.1M | $9K | $1.2M | $148K | $531K | $4.3M | $852K |
| MGT Impact Solutions, LLC | $143K | $867K | — | $232K | $2.0M | $402K | $256K | $137K | $317K | — | $3.3M | $652K |
| NetSource ET, llc | — | $950K | — | $894K | — | $865K | $495K | — | — | $223K | $1.8M | $369K |
| Encore Technology Group. LLC | — | $731K | $33K | — | $205K | $337K | — | $6K | $15K | — | $969K | $194K |
| Lockstep Technology Group LLC | $845K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $845K | $169K |
| Encore Technology Group LLC | $96K | — | — | $214K | $482K | $135K | $222K | — | — | $118K | $793K | $159K |
| Telcom, Inc. | $182K | — | $162K | $381K | — | $124K | $498K | $2K | — | — | $726K | $145K |
| Systems & Solutions, Inc | $12K | $66K | $68K | $75K | $197K | $90K | $69K | $81K | $114K | $235K | $419K | $84K |
| Lancaster Telephone Company | — | $119K | — | $154K | $81K | $350K | — | — | $25K | $69K | $354K | $71K |
| Applied Network Consulting Group | $95K | $127K | $89K | $25K | — | $34K | $74K | — | — | — | $336K | $67K |
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.