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Merit Network, Inc.: E-rate funding and districts served

Merit Network, Inc. holds $66.4M in E-rate funding commitments across 1 state in FY2024-2026, serving 38 applicants in FY2026. Here is where, for what, and which of those contracts end soon.

Michigan · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersWhat Merit Network, Inc. means for you
1applicants

Contracts ending within 12 months

Merit Network, Inc.'s E-rate contracts that reach their end date in the next year, by applicant.

$20K of current service
38applicants

Incumbent today

Applicants Merit Network, Inc. served in FY2026. Each one is a district to defend, or to take.

33% of its FY2026 requests had a single bidder
13applicants

Lost to a rival this year

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

Most to Charter Communications Operating, LLC
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$23.9M
committed FY2026
38
applicants served
1
state
1
contracts ending, 12 months

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommitted
FY2026$23,913,183
FY2025$24,591,084
FY2024$17,940,671

By state and service

Michigan $66.4MData and internet $66.4M

Largest applicants served

ApplicantStateServicesCommitted
Michigan Statewide Educational Network ConsortiumMIData and internet$20,225,593
Marquette-Alger Resa ConsortiumMIData and internet$1,230,856
Eupconnect CollaborativeMIData and internet$794,055
Detroit Public Library SystemMIData and internet$424,170
Detroit Public Schools Community DistrictMIData and internet$361,350
Cop Esd Connectivity ConsortiumMIData and internet$161,137
Superiorland Library Cooperative E-Rate ConsortiumMIData and internet$110,509
The Library NetworkMIData and internet$68,644
Jackson District LibraryMIData and internet$64,962
Iosco-Arenac District LibraryMIData and internet$59,585
Northland Library CooperativeMIData and internet$38,187
Traverse Area District Library ConsortiumMIData and internet$37,102
Wmisd Internet ConsortiumMIData and internet$36,739
Mcbain Rural Agricultural SchoolsMIData and internet$24,840
Advanced Technology AcademyMIData and internet$19,645
Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Esd ConsortiumMIData and internet$19,404
Hackley Public LibraryMIData and internet$18,450
Benton Harbor Area SchoolsMIData and internet$17,415
West Branch-Rose City Area SchoolsMIData and internet$17,415
West Iron County Public SchoolsMIData and internet$17,415
Flint Cultural Center AcademyMIData and internet$16,965
Beaver Island Internet ConsortiumMIData and internet$16,880
Holy Family Regional SchoolMIData and internet$16,669
Lighthouse AcademyMIData and internet$16,335
Mason County District LibraryMIData and internet$14,698

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

ApplicantStateServiceCommittedEnds
Advanced Technology AcademyMIData and internet$19,645Dec 31, 2026

Who is winning at its districts

Providers that sold the same service in FY2026 to an applicant Merit Network, Inc. served in FY2025.

ProviderApplicants won in FY2026
Charter Communications Operating, LLC4
Peninsula Fiber Network LLC3
Comcast Business Communications2
Crown Castle Fiber LLC2
Regional Educational Media Center 12
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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.