Ohio

Broadband Office

Name: Broadband Ohio
Location: Department of Development
Enabling Act: OH Rev. Code Ann. §122.40 et seq. [creating the state’s broadband grant program]

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
4,500,626	4,210,950	108,072	181,604

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
90.4%	76.2%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$793,688,108	$268,578,200	$10,527,850,848	$44,269,754

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $793,688,108
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Drafted
Due: 7/10/23
Link: 5-Year Plan

Initial Proposal

Status: Submitted
Due: 12/27/23
Link: Initial Proposal Vol. 1 Vol. 2

Final Proposal

Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $44,269,754³
Planning Grant: $1,470,550.76
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

Appalachian Ohio Middle Mile Expansion

Applicant: Horizon Telcom Inc.
Total Cost: $48,275,817
NTIA Award: $27,540,554

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴

$10,527,850,848

For Broadband

$36,733,048 (0.4%)

CPF

Total

$268,578,200

For Broadband

$162,500,000 (61%)

Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

Broadband Expansion Grant Program

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: : $232M [Rd. 1]
Grantees: List [Rd. 1 grantees]
Rules: Link [Broadband Ohio is reviewing feedback regarding the first round and will release proposed changes to the program in the first part of 2023]

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs⁶

Pemitted to Offer Broadband

Municipalities	Yes
Municipal Electric Utilities	Yes
Electric Cooperatives	Yes
Investor-Owned Utilities	Yes

Footnotes

1. FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 24, 2023).

2. ACS 1-Year Data, 2022, US Census Bureau.

3. ACLP Overview of IIJA Digital Equity Grant Programs.

4. Broadband infrastructure is one of several applicable uses of SLFRF funds.

5. Updated as of March 2023.

6. Updated as of September 2022.