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

4,515,898

4,316,268

64,647

134,983
Adoption 2
Overall Wireline

91.2%

76.4%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD CPF ARPA DE

$793,688,108

$268,578,200

$10,527,850,848

$44,269,754

BEAD

Total Allocation: $793,688,108

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $44,269,7543
Planning Grant: $1,470,550.76
Link to Plan: Digital Equity 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 07, 2025).↩︎

  2. ACS 1-Year Data, 2023, 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.↩︎