Texas's 8th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $1,380,241 | $2,236,410 | $1,932,187 | $1,756,807 | $1,433,918 | $1,557,176 | $1,318,680 | $2,856,038 | $1,210,085 | $2,302,928 |
| Average discount rate | 77% | 78% | 79% | 79% | 80% | 79% | 81% | 68% | 53% | 64% |
| Service providers | 24 | 24 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 27 | 31 |
| Billed entities | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $13K | $77K | $188K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.1M | $272K | $356K | $952K | $286K | $467K | $578K | $759K | $313K | $1.3M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $262K | $1.8M | $1.4M | $748K | $1.1M | $1.1M | $724K | $2.1M | $820K | $821K |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | — | $16K | — | $9K | $19K | $16K | $2K | — | — |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $48K | $123K | $127K | $56K | $86K | $306 | $162 | — | — | — |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Indep School District | $777K | $288K | $920K | $360K | $37K | $103K | — | $437K | $55K | $384K | $2.4M | $476K |
| Waller Indep School District | — | $1.1M | $156K | $89K | $71K | $85K | $92K | $1.3M | $62K | $652K | $1.5M | $292K |
| Willis Indep School District | $363K | $64K | $165K | $295K | $370K | $237K | $267K | $122K | $308K | $277K | $1.3M | $251K |
| Livingston Indep School Dist | $38K | $197K | $222K | $122K | $285K | $185K | $261K | $71K | $56K | $151K | $862K | $172K |
| Montgomery Indep School Dist | $10K | $102K | $126K | $188K | $145K | $111K | $133K | $139K | $120K | $115K | $571K | $114K |
| Shepherd Indep School District | $63K | $81K | $81K | $81K | $101K | $116K | $106K | $271K | $151K | $115K | $407K | $81K |
| Coldspring-Oakhurst Cons I S D | $18K | $148K | $45K | $87K | $85K | $108K | $158K | $52K | $76K | $126K | $383K | $77K |
| New Waverly School District | $14K | $28K | $38K | $221K | $40K | $327K | $60K | $151K | $86K | $80K | $341K | $68K |
| Onalaska Indep School District | — | $39K | $40K | $8K | $121K | $67K | $57K | $65K | $70K | $79K | $208K | $42K |
| Leggett Indep School District | $18K | $36K | $35K | $36K | $49K | $38K | $43K | $67K | $42K | $48K | $175K | $35K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezee Fiber Texas LLC | $49K | $1.1M | $570K | $125K | $56K | $51K | $11K | $1.3M | $30K | $30K | $1.9M | $390K |
| CDW Government LLC | $728K | $166K | $438K | $413K | $112K | $124K | $157K | $407K | $259K | $558K | $1.9M | $372K |
| Education Service Center, Region Vi | $61K | $167K | $191K | $166K | $222K | $233K | $242K | $276K | $272K | $273K | $808K | $162K |
| Cebridge Telecom TX, LP | $91K | $108K | $129K | $120K | $108K | $107K | $95K | $90K | $155K | $169K | $556K | $111K |
| MGT Impact Solutions, LLC | $10K | $101K | $127K | $56K | $204K | $35K | $252K | — | — | — | $499K | $100K |
| Consolidated Communications of Texas Company | — | — | $126K | $122K | $111K | $111K | $133K | $139K | $120K | $114K | $359K | $72K |
| Media Link Telecom, LLC | $8K | $8K | $6K | $4K | $324K | — | — | — | — | — | $349K | $70K |
| Sarvicus LLC | — | — | $100K | $196K | — | $78K | $76K | — | — | — | $296K | $59K |
| LIVINGSTON TELEPHONE COMPANY INC. | — | $95K | $95K | $43K | $57K | $21K | $26K | $36K | $40K | $34K | $290K | $58K |
| Advanced Networks of Texas | $200K | $55K | — | $2K | $18K | — | — | $23K | — | — | $275K | $55K |
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.