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Cumberland County School Dist E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $9.2M to Cumberland County School Dist (North Carolina) over FY2024-2026 across 9 funding requests from 5 providers; $10M Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 2 contracts end in the next 12 months and 0 Form 470s are open.

Selling to Cumberland County School Dist? USAC committed $9.2M to it over FY2024-2026, $559K 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.

North Carolina · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Cumberland County School Dist
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Cumberland County School Dist posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.

$10MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $10M
2contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Cumberland County School Dist that reach their end date in the next year.

Next: Encore Technology Group LLC, Sep 30, 2027
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0 of 2 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Metro Fibernet LLCEmail me when Cumberland County School Dist opens a 470
$9.2M
committed FY2024-2026
9
funding requests
5
providers
$10M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$559,31021
FY2025$7,929,26343
FY2024$725,97933

Who serves Cumberland County School Dist

Every provider with a funded request at Cumberland County School Dist in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
NWN Corporation-RaleighInternal connectionsFY2025$6,721,539
Metro Fibernet LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$1,485,065
Encore Technology Group LLCInternal connectionsFY2025$648,413
Charter Communications Operating, LLCData and internetFY2024$334,904
Verizon Wireless (Cellco Partnership)Data and internetFY2024$24,630

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
Encore Technology Group LLCInternal connections$648,413Sep 30, 2027
Metro Fibernet LLCData and internet$552,955Oct 31, 2027

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco49,428$7,390,368LIC-CW-E, CW9174I-CFG, LIC-MR-EFY2025
Ortronics2446$87,976SP6U48, SP6U24FY2025
QUEST7174$45,064SR1921-06-02FD, SR1921-08-02FD, SR1921-10-02FDFY2025
Occ Fiber2118$11,0236112DLC50G, RTC1U-3APBFY2025

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$9,953,728$9,953,728ForecastEpic Communications

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Cumberland County School Dist?

NWN Corporation-Raleigh (Internal connections, $6.7M); Metro Fibernet LLC (Data and internet, $1.5M); Encore Technology Group LLC (Internal connections, $648K); Charter Communications Operating, LLC (Data and internet, $335K); Verizon Wireless (Cellco Partnership) (Data and internet, $25K).

How much E-rate Category 2 budget does Cumberland County School Dist have left?

$10M of a $10M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Forecast), as of Nov 5, 2026.

Which of Cumberland County School Dist's E-rate contracts end soon?

Encore Technology Group LLC, Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027; Metro Fibernet LLC, Data and internet, ends Oct 31, 2027.

What network equipment does Cumberland County School Dist use?

Cisco (4 line items); Ortronics (2 line items); QUEST (7 line items); Occ Fiber (2 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Cumberland County School Dist 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.