E-rate / Providers / The Cost Cutters

The Cost Cutters: E-rate funding and districts served

The Cost Cutters holds $4.8M in E-rate funding commitments across 7 states in FY2024-2026, serving 9 applicants in FY2026. Here is where, for what, and which of those contracts end soon.

North Carolina, California, Florida, Alaska, New York, Illinois and more · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersWhat The Cost Cutters means for you
0applicants

Contracts ending within 12 months

The Cost Cutters's E-rate contracts that reach their end date in the next year, by applicant.

9applicants

Incumbent today

Applicants The Cost Cutters served in FY2026. Each one is a district to defend, or to take.

80% of its FY2026 requests had a single bidder
5applicants

Lost to a rival this year

Applicants that bought the same service from another provider in FY2026.

Most to AP&T Wireless, Inc.
See its districts and contracts →Free account. Opens on The Cost Cutters with every applicant, the contract end dates and the open 470s in those states.
Competing with The Cost Cutters? See every district it serves, when each contract ends, and who else bid.Winning at its districts: AP&T Wireless, Inc. (1), BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC (1), Brightspeed of Eastern North Carolina, LLC (1), City of Ketchikan (1)Is this your company? Claim your book, free
$1.2M
committed FY2026
9
applicants served
7
states
0
contracts ending, 12 months

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommitted
FY2026$1,203,168
FY2025$1,783,962
FY2024$1,798,137

By state and service

North Carolina $2.7MCalifornia $1.1MFlorida $404KAlaska $204KNew York $180KIllinois $125KConnecticut $56KData and internet $4.4MInternal connections $340K

Largest applicants served

ApplicantStateServicesCommitted
Central California Child Development ServicesCAData and internet$365,040
Johnston-Lee-Harnett Community ActionNCData and internet$245,700
Greene Lamp, IncNCData and internet$224,910
Nash-Edgecombe Economic Development IncNCData and internet$103,302
Central Council Of The Tlingit And Haida Indian Tribes Of AlaskaAKData and internet$86,940
New Covenant Christian SchoolNYData and internet$57,504
Family Christian Association Of AmericaFLData and internet$53,460
Jtc Boys AcademyILData and internet$36,612
Paradise Christian SchoolFLData and internet$29,700

Who is winning at its districts

Providers that sold the same service in FY2026 to an applicant The Cost Cutters served in FY2025.

ProviderApplicants won in FY2026
AP&T Wireless, Inc.1
BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC1
Brightspeed of Eastern North Carolina, LLC1
City of Ketchikan1
GCI Communication Corp.1
See which districts each provider serves, and when the contracts end.
Works for any provider, including your competitors, with the Form 470s open in your territory.
See competitors' districts, free →

Win the next E-rate cycle

Lakewave's E-rate Sweep shows every open Form 470 in your territory, the incumbent at each district, its Category 2 budget left and what it runs today.

Create a free account

Catch every Form 470

See the 470s open in your territory, what each district runs today, and whether it names a brand.

Displace incumbents

See which provider serves each district, what it bought, and when the contract ends.

Find C2 money left

See how much Category 2 budget each district has left in the FY2026-2030 cycle.

Price to win

See the unit prices districts actually paid, by model, from E-rate line items.

Free account · No credit card · Built from public records, refreshed nightly

Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Oct 18, 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.