The DeWine-Husted administration is partnering with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to bring faster internet to Buckeyes in rural parts of the state.
The DeWine team announced they are looking into opening o-dot-maintained state highways to broadband providers. Not only would it make it easier for those providers to get to the larger areas they serve, but the state is hoping it will also encourage them to bring access to under-served parts of the state and improve Ohio's economy.
"There are 300,000 households and a million people who do not have access to high-speed internet," said Lt. Governor Jon Husted (R-Ohio). "If you do not have access, that means you can't participate in the modern economy, the modern educational system, and we have to do everything we can to help Ohio economically by helping Ohio technologically."
The Innovate Ohio Platform, which will be spearheading the initiative, has entered a 21-day window where they will be accepting responses.
