/tags/broadband broadband en-US Copyright Thu, 08 Apr 2021 14:49:00 GMT /ideastream/2021-04-08/ohios-project-to-expand-high-speed-internet-launches-in-east-cleveland A new program will bring affordable high-speed internet service to residents in a digitally redlined part of Northeast Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine announced the pilot program's launch in East Cleveland on Wednesday alongside state and local officials. Thu, 08 Apr 2021 14:49:00 GMT /ideastream/2021-04-08/ohios-project-to-expand-high-speed-internet-launches-in-east-cleveland Taylor Haggerty /news/2020-08-12/columbus-and-franklin-county-launch-partnership-to-get-students-online Franklin County and Columbus leaders are pitching in to help students outside the city school district get connected for remote fall classes.The… Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:37:45 GMT /news/2020-08-12/columbus-and-franklin-county-launch-partnership-to-get-students-online Nick Evans /news/2020-08-11/ohio-opens-grant-program-for-student-broadband-accessibility Ohio is now accepting applications for schools seeking funds to expand broadband accessibility. That program has lifted a restriction that supporters say… Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:45:13 GMT /news/2020-08-11/ohio-opens-grant-program-for-student-broadband-accessibility Andy Chow /news/2020-06-16/ohio-house-passes-bill-to-expand-broadband-internet-access Nearly 1 million Ohio households lack reliable broadband service, including 300,000 who don’t have any service at all. The Ohio House has passed a bill… Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:41:16 GMT /news/2020-06-16/ohio-house-passes-bill-to-expand-broadband-internet-access Jo Ingles /news/2020-04-24/coronavirus-in-ohio-pandemic-puts-magnifying-glass-on-broadband-problems With Ohio’s schools closed and lessons moved online for the rest of the academic year, most kids are spending more time on the computer. Millions of… Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:13:21 GMT /news/2020-04-24/coronavirus-in-ohio-pandemic-puts-magnifying-glass-on-broadband-problems Jo Ingles /news/2020-03-03/ohios-digital-divide-deepens-inequalities Computer trainer and former library aide Shenee King has a bird’s eye view when it comes to digital inequity.She’s seen students fail assignments because… Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:00:00 GMT /news/2020-03-03/ohios-digital-divide-deepens-inequalities Afi Scruggs /news/2019-12-20/ohio-wants-to-tap-into-highways-to-expand-high-speed-rural-internet-access A strategic plan would extend high-speed internet to about 1 million unserved or underserved Ohioans by using rural routes and highways previously… Fri, 20 Dec 2019 13:21:28 GMT /news/2019-12-20/ohio-wants-to-tap-into-highways-to-expand-high-speed-rural-internet-access Associated Press /news-partners/2019-12-03/installing-free-wi-fi-to-help-count-rural-communities-of-color-in-2020-census A nonprofit organization has been installing Internet hot spots around Georgia to make sure rural residents, especially in communities of color, can complete census forms and apply for census jobs. Tue, 03 Dec 2019 10:00:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-12-03/installing-free-wi-fi-to-help-count-rural-communities-of-color-in-2020-census Hansi Lo Wang /news/2019-09-30/ohio-considers-using-highway-corridors-to-expand-rural-internet-access About 1 million Ohioans, mostly in Appalachia, lack high-speed internet service and the state's highway corridors may hold the key to addressing the… Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:41:34 GMT /news/2019-09-30/ohio-considers-using-highway-corridors-to-expand-rural-internet-access Associated Press /news/2019-07-09/microsoft-strikes-next-deal-to-bring-broadband-to-rural-ohio Microsoft Corp. and an Ohio-based provider of telecommunications services announced an agreement Tuesday to extend broadband internet access to… Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:09:24 GMT /news/2019-07-09/microsoft-strikes-next-deal-to-bring-broadband-to-rural-ohio Julie Carr Smyth