Broadband expansion on the horizon across Ohio

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Sending emails, texting, and making telephone calls are on day by day agendas — making web entry a staple in lots of households.

“I can’t think about being with out it,” Robin Bond stated.

Identical to you depend on your tires to get you from level A to level B, these days many people wish to be certain our web is simply as dependable — however that’s not at all times the case. Nonetheless, when you dwell in Ohio you might see an improve, due to a number of broadband grants.

The grants come from the Ohio Residential Broadband Enlargement Grant program.

In keeping with state officers, this system awards grants to web service suppliers to fund the development of broadband tasks in each unserved and underserved areas of the state — mainly serving to with the price of increasing high-speed web into these areas.

Web service suppliers in quite a few counties throughout the state are on the listing to expertise these upgrades. For instance in Lawrence County, Spectrum has been awarded almost $2 million. That undertaking is meant to make entry accessible to just about 800 houses.

Right here is the hyperlink to see what’s being awarded in different counties inside our area.

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