Appalachian Ohio still has the lowest availability of high-speed internet access, and the lowest adoption rates by consumers where broadband is available, despite some $75 million in federal loans and grants through the 2009 stimulus bill and other programs for improving rural broadband infrastructure.
Statewide the federal government has awarded at least $180 million in grants and loans toward rural broadband infrastructure since 2010, from two agencies. No Ohio projects received funding in the...