Universal Service Fund - High Cost in South Carolina

South Carolina joined to CFDA 32.002

CFDA 32.002 is titled UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - HIGH COST. Crossed with South Carolina place of performance, obligations sum to $494,038,719.38 on 31 awards. The national 32.002 hub includes other states. South Carolina’s spending hub includes other programs. Only this intersection is reported here. $494,038,719.38 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of rural exchanges in the Upstate.

Thirty-one awards is a carrier-support pattern: High Cost USF often posts as several dozen discrete records rather than one statewide block. The join does not name recipients. Packet facts are $494,038,719.38, 31 awards, SC, and 32.002. Correlation is not causation. FEC donations do not fund this USAspending cell. Keep USF High Cost and South Carolina together when reading $494,038,719.38.

32.002 is not Lifeline in South Carolina

Lifeline and E-Rate use different CFDA numbers. Mixing those series into $494,038,719.38 would invent a broader total than this cell contains. Facts available: South Carolina, CFDA 32.002, $494,038,719.38, 31 awards. Carrier names, study-area codes, and subscriber counts are unpublished.

The catalog title names Universal Service Fund High Cost, not a ranking of carriers. Dividing $494,038,719.38 by 31 yields about $15.94 million per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. 31 is not a carrier or subscriber census.

Questions

How much USF High Cost support is obligated in South Carolina?

USAspending records $494,038,719.38 in CFDA 32.002 obligations with South Carolina place of performance on 31 awards. That is the pair total, not an outlay. Keep Universal Service Fund - High Cost and South Carolina together when citing $494,038,719.38.

Does 31 awards mean 31 South Carolina carriers?

31 is a USAspending award-record count, not a carrier or subscriber census. The implied mean is about $15.94 million per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. 31 is a record count, not a person or facility census.

Is this South Carolina’s total federal telecom spending?

No. This join is CFDA 32.002 only. Lifeline, E-Rate, and other catalogs appear on separate South Carolina program pages. Nationwide 32.002 is not limited to South Carolina. Obligations of $494,038,719.38 are not outlays. The overlay is the live USF High Cost–South Carolina table.

Do these obligations equal fiber already built?

No. $494,038,719.38 is an obligation sum. Outlays are a different USAspending series. Drawdowns can lag the federal obligation. This packet has no outlay total. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov for this 32.002 × SC pair.