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Ohio Public Library Information Network E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $4.9M to Ohio Public Library Information Network (Ohio) over FY2024-2026 across 159 funding requests from 15 providers; no filed 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 Ohio Public Library Information Network? USAC committed $4.9M to it over FY2024-2026, $1.6M 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.

Ohio · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Ohio Public Library Information Network
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Ohio Public Library Information Network posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.

14providers FY2026

Incumbents

Providers funded at Ohio Public Library Information Network this year.

2contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Ohio Public Library Information Network that reach their end date in the next year.

Next: Buckeye Telesystem, Inc., Dec 31, 2026
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8 of 66 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Brightspeed of Ohio, Inc., Buckeye Telesystem, Inc., Charter Communications Operating, LLC, Crown Castle Fiber LLCEmail me when Ohio Public Library Information Network opens a 470
$4.9M
committed FY2024-2026
159
funding requests
15
providers
–
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$1,645,5466614
FY2025$1,703,2184814
FY2024$1,521,092459

Who serves Ohio Public Library Information Network

Every provider with a funded request at Ohio Public Library Information Network in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
Charter Communications Operating, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$2,541,972
State of Ohio Department of Administrative ServicesData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$1,417,305
The Ohio Bell Telephone CompanyData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$255,484
Everstream Solutions, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$236,460
The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, LLCData and internetFY2025, FY2026$210,637
Shentel Asset Entity I LLCData and internetFY2025, FY2026$54,156
The Chillicothe Telephone CompanyData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$31,782
Everstream Solutions LLCData and internetFY2026$26,192
Frontier Communications of America, Inc.Data and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$23,422
Windstream Communications, LLCData and internetFY2025, FY2026$17,971
Independents Fiber Network LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025$12,712
Crown Castle Fiber LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$12,544
Brightspeed of Ohio, Inc.Data and internetFY2025, FY2026$12,464
Buckeye Telesystem, Inc.Data and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$10,141
Medina County Port AuthorityData and internetFY2025, FY2026$6,613

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
Buckeye Telesystem, Inc.Data and internet$2,102Dec 31, 2026
Buckeye Telesystem, Inc.Data and internet$4,205Jan 10, 2027

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Ohio Public Library Information Network?

Charter Communications Operating, LLC (Data and internet, $2.5M); State of Ohio Department of Administrative Services (Data and internet, $1.4M); The Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Data and internet, $255K); Everstream Solutions, LLC (Data and internet, $236K); The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, LLC (Data and internet, $211K).

Which of Ohio Public Library Information Network's E-rate contracts end soon?

Buckeye Telesystem, Inc., Data and internet, ends Dec 31, 2026; Buckeye Telesystem, Inc., Data and internet, ends Jan 10, 2027.

Does Ohio Public Library Information Network 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.