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Windstream Communications, LLC: E-rate funding and districts served

Windstream Communications, LLC holds $29.6M in E-rate funding commitments across 28 states in FY2024-2026, serving 262 applicants in FY2026. Here is where, for what, and which of those contracts end soon.

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For providers and resellersWhat Windstream Communications, LLC means for you
5applicants

Contracts ending within 12 months

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

$38K of current service
262applicants

Incumbent today

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

21% of its FY2026 requests had a single bidder
43applicants

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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$9M
committed FY2026
262
applicants served
28
states
5
contracts ending, 12 months

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommitted
FY2026$8,986,528
FY2025$9,603,839
FY2024$11,051,510

By state and service

Arkansas $9.5MTexas $2.2MNew Mexico $2.1MFlorida $1.8MGeorgia $1.8MKentucky $1.7MIllinois $1.7MVirginia $1.6MMissouri $967KPennsylvania $913KIndiana $694KDistrict of Columbia $580KData and internet $29.5MManaged Wi-Fi $148KInternal connections $12K

Largest applicants served

ApplicantStateServicesCommitted
Dis State Of ArkansasARData and internet$1,510,601
Great Rivers Educational CooperativeARData and internet$663,069
North Little Rock Sch DistrictARData and internet$476,440
Pace Center For Girls, Inc.FLData and internet$438,453
Espanola Public School DistNMData and internet$379,890
Peoria School District 150ILData and internet$357,921
St Clair County School DistALData and internet$278,337
Culpeper County School DistVAData and internet$184,741
Central Arkansas Lib SystemARData and internet$170,416
North Central ConsortiumNMData and internet$168,159
Hopewell City School DistrictVAData and internet$167,235
Carter County School DistrictKYData and internet$152,361
Ne Georgia Regional LibraryGAData and internet$145,524
Jones County School DistrictGAData and internet$125,960
Park Forest School Dist 163ILData and internet$105,890
Satilla Regional LibraryGAData and internet$99,824
Buffalo Indep School DistrictTXData and internet$89,100
West Shore School DistrictPAData and internet$88,920
Unity Council, TheCAData and internet, Managed Wi-Fi$85,498
Estem Public Charter SchoolsARData and internet$63,573
Grayson County School DistrictKYData and internet$62,750
Gateway Community Action PartnershipNJData and internet, Managed Wi-Fi$60,760
Madison County School DistrictGAData and internet$60,480
Suwannee River Regional LibFLData and internet$59,532
Elyria City School DistrictOHData and internet$58,845

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

ApplicantStateServiceCommittedEnds
Illinois Department Of Innovation And Technology ConsortiumILData and internet$4,425Nov 30, 2026
Missouri Research And Education NetworkMOData and internet$14,719Feb 12, 2027
Clearwater School DistricMOData and internet$6,036Mar 21, 2027
Three Rivers Regional Library SystemFLData and internet$3,315Apr 18, 2027
Living Springs AcademyFLData and internet$9,358Jul 24, 2027

Who is winning at its districts

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

ProviderApplicants won in FY2026
Charter Communications Operating, LLC14
Comcast Business Communications12
Unite Private Networks, LLC7
AT&T Enterprises, LLC5
MCC Telephony, LLC5
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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.