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Category: Ohio
Ohio Awards $94.5 Million for Broadband in 23 Counties
In its second round of funding, the Ohio Residential Broadband Expansion Grant (ORBEG) program has authorized BroadbandOhio to award $94.5 million to Charter and Brightspeed to provide broadband access to more than 35,000 households in six…
Broadband Director: Ohio Has “Very Competitive” and “Aggressive” ISPs
Ohio has “very competitive” and “aggressive” broadband providers, which bodes well for the state’s goal of making broadband available statewide, said Peter Voderberg, chief for BroadbandOhio, in an interview with Telecompetitor. He points to the…
Ohio Deal: NKTelco Acquires Hometown Cable
In a deal involving Ohio service providers, NKTelco has acquired Hometown Cable. The deal includes more than 6,000 addresses in and around the communities of Coldwater, St. Henry and Montezuma, as well as fixed wireless…
Capital Projects Fund Awards $162.5M for Ohio Broadband
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Capital Project Fund (CPF) has approved $162.5 million in funding for Ohio. The funding is comprised of $77.5 million for a broadband infrastructure program and $85 million for multi-purpose…
Altafiber on a Roll, Wins Another Public-Private Partnership
Dublin, OH, has selected altafiber for a public-private partnership to create a 10 Gbps fiber network serving all residents of the city. The service provider will invest about $35 million to the project, which will…
Ohio-Focused M&A: Altafiber to Buy Assets of Bridgewired
Altafiber has agreed to acquire the broadband infrastructure assets of Bridgewired, LLC, a Waynesville, Ohio-based company that operates a fiber optic network delivering gigabit Internet speeds to locations in portions of Warren County, Greene County,…
Altafiber Wins Yet Another Ohio Public-Private Partnership
Altafiber, the company formerly known as Cincinnati Bell, has reached a public-private partnership agreement with Warren County, Ohio that will bring fiber-based gigabit access to about 52,000 addresses in the county. The addresses include 50,000…
Altafiber Gains Another Ohio Public Private Partnership
Altafiber has agreed to a public private partnership with Butler County, Ohio for a broadband project that will bring gigabit high-speed broadband fiber Internet access to approximately 60,000 addresses over the next three to four…
With Private Equity Backing, Omni Fiber’s Ohio Telecom Buy Feeds Expansion Plans
Regional Midwest fiber broadband provider Omni Fiber has acquired Ohio Telecom. Terms of the transaction, which closed today, were not disclosed. It’s the latest example of private equity getting aggressive in fiber broadband. Omni Fiber…
Ohio BEAD Planning Can Get Underway with $6.4M Grant
Ohio has received $6,470,550.76 in planning grants from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The funding is aimed at planning for the deployment of high-speed networks and developing digital stills training…
Omni Fiber to Bring Fiber Broadband to Three Ohio Communities
New regional provider Omni Fiber has announced that it will bring FTTP broadband to the Ohio communities of Clyde, Dover and Shelby. They are the service provider’s initial markets in the state. Work has begun…
Brightspeed to Pass 380,000 Ohio Addresses with XGS-PON
Brightspeed says that it will pass 380,000 addresses with its XGS-PON fiber broadband in Ohio during the next few years. The company says that more than 170,000 of those passings will be completed by the…
