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
Federal Funding
Summary
BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
---|---|---|---|
$793,688,108 |
$268,578,200 |
$10,412,084,469 |
$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: Drafted
Due: 12/27/23
Link: Initial Proposal Vol. 1
Final Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a
Digital Equity
Middle Mile
Appalachian Ohio Middle Mile Expansion
Applicant: Horizon Telcom Inc.
Total Cost: $48,275,817
NTIA Award: $27,540,554
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$10,412,084,469
- For Broadband
- $14,642,623 (0.1%)
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
FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 24, 2023).↩︎
ACS 1-Year Data, 2021, US Census Bureau.↩︎
ACLP Overview of IIJA Digital Equity Grant Programs.↩︎
Broadband infrastructure is one of several applicable uses of SLFRF funds.↩︎
Updated as of March 2023.↩︎
Updated as of September 2022.↩︎