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Southern Light, LLC: E-rate funding and districts served

Southern Light, LLC holds $25.3M in E-rate funding commitments across 4 states in FY2024-2026, serving 71 applicants in FY2026. Here is where, for what, and which of those contracts end soon.

Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia · updated nightly from USAC open data
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0applicants

Contracts ending within 12 months

Southern Light, LLC's E-rate contracts that reach their end date in the next year, by applicant.

71applicants

Incumbent today

Applicants Southern Light, LLC served in FY2026. Each one is a district to defend, or to take.

11% of its FY2026 requests had a single bidder
24applicants

Lost to a rival this year

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

Most to Uniti Fiber GulfCo LLC
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$8.1M
committed FY2026
71
applicants served
4
states
0
contracts ending, 12 months

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommitted
FY2026$8,114,716
FY2025$8,584,556
FY2024$8,618,723

By state and service

Alabama $9.4MMississippi $9MFlorida $4.5MGeorgia $2.5MData and internet $24.1MInternal connections $1.2MManaged Wi-Fi $10KMaintenance $8K

Largest applicants served

ApplicantStateServicesCommitted
Pinellas County SchoolsFLData and internet$1,092,636
Baldwin County Board Of EducALData and internet$1,084,120
Mobile County School DistrictALData and internet$938,779
Birmingham City School DistrictALData and internet$838,257
Muscogee County School DistGAData and internet$384,229
Newton County School DistrictMSInternal connections, Maintenance$217,235
Greenwood Leflore Consolidated SchoolsMSData and internet$178,200
Jackson County School DistrictMSData and internet$169,184
Lamar County School DistrictMSData and internet$143,376
Lauderdale County School DistrictMSData and internet$135,541
Lawrence County School DistrictMSData and internet$131,641
Biloxi School DistrictMSData and internet$130,800
Copiah County School DistrictMSInternal connections$116,783
North Bolivar Consolidated School DistrictMSData and internet, Internal connections$113,636
Sunflower County Consolidated School DistrictMSData and internet$106,704
Florence City School DistrictALData and internet$97,938
Athens City School DistrictALData and internet$94,614
Greene County School DistrictMSData and internet$91,800
Marion County School DistrictMSData and internet$90,018
Enterprise City School DistALData and internet$88,927
Hattiesburg School DistrictMSData and internet$86,707
Wakulla County School DistrictFLData and internet$86,414
Valdosta City School DistrictGAData and internet$77,220
Pike-Amite-Walthall Library SystemMSInternal connections$73,585
Coahoma County School DistrictMSData and internet$72,252

Who is winning at its districts

Providers that sold the same service in FY2026 to an applicant Southern Light, LLC served in FY2025.

ProviderApplicants won in FY2026
Uniti Fiber GulfCo LLC11
Telepak Networks, Inc.7
Charter Communications Operating, LLC3
Windstream Communications, LLC2
AT&T Enterprises, LLC1
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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.