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Billings School District 2 E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $2.3M to Billings School District 2 (Montana) over FY2024-2026 across 14 funding requests from 5 providers; $3M Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 1 contract ends in the next 12 months and 0 Form 470s are open.

Selling to Billings School District 2? USAC committed $2.3M to it over FY2024-2026, $473K in FY2026. Here is who holds its services today, which contracts end soon, what equipment is already installed, and how much Category 2 budget it still has to spend.

Montana · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Billings School District 2
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Billings School District 2 posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.

$3MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed).

Budget $3.3M
1contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Billings School District 2 that reach their end date in the next year.

Next: Impact Fire Services, LLC, Sep 30, 2027
See its 470s, incumbents and budget →Free account. Opens on Billings School District 2 with every open 470, who holds each service and the Category 2 budget left.
0 of 4 FY2026 requests had a single bidder60% discount rate: pays 40 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Charter Communications Operating, LLC, Impact Fire Services, LLCEmail me when Billings School District 2 opens a 470
$2.3M
committed FY2024-2026
14
funding requests
5
providers
$3M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$472,73942
FY2025$1,022,46173
FY2024$806,42633

Who serves Billings School District 2

Every provider with a funded request at Billings School District 2 in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
Charter Communications Operating, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$1,040,979
Tel Net Systems Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024, FY2025$940,886
Impact Fire Services, LLCInternal connectionsFY2026$199,182
High Tech Solutions-Systems Group, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2025$100,175
Zayo Group, LLCData and internetFY2024$20,403

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

Contract end dates as filed on the Form 471; June 30 funding-year boundaries are left out.

ProviderServiceCommittedEnds
Impact Fire Services, LLCInternal connections$101,458Sep 30, 2027

What is already installed

Category 2 line items FY2024-2026: the installed base a competing bid has to fit, or replace.

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Extreme Networks25398$238,075USK12-STD-A-S-C-EW, XCIQ-PT0-C-EW-1YK12, AP4020-WWFY2026
CommScope10165,221$107,784CS34P, P-006-DZ-5K-FSUAQ, USL600FY2024
Cat 622$78,641Cat 6FY2026
Cisco1200$1,800ICCMSJHK55FY2024
ICC2400$1,800ICCMSJHK22, ICCMSJHK44FY2024

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$3,286,196$2,954,226ConfirmedE-Rate 360 Solutions, LLC; Infinity Communications and Compliance, Inc

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Billings School District 2?

Charter Communications Operating, LLC (Data and internet, $1M); Tel Net Systems Inc. (Internal connections, $941K); Impact Fire Services, LLC (Internal connections, $199K); High Tech Solutions-Systems Group, Inc. (Internal connections, $100K); Zayo Group, LLC (Data and internet, $20K).

How much E-rate Category 2 budget does Billings School District 2 have left?

$3M of a $3.3M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.

Which of Billings School District 2's E-rate contracts end soon?

Impact Fire Services, LLC, Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027.

What network equipment does Billings School District 2 use?

Extreme Networks (25 line items); CommScope (10 line items); Cat 6 (2 line items); Cisco (1 line items); ICC (2 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Billings School District 2 have an E-rate Form 470 open right now?

Not as of Nov 5, 2026. Form 470s post most weeks in the fall and winter and take bids for 28 days.

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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Nov 5, 2026. Figures are as USAC publishes them; committed amounts are funding commitments, not payments. Contract end dates on June 30 are left out because many applicants enter the funding-year end instead. Check the source before acting. See something wrong? Tell us and we will correct it.