$1.5M awarded to expand Trumbull County internet services

(WKBN) — Internet services in Trumbull County will be expanding thanks to newly awarded grants.
Brightspeed announced that it has been awarded $1,500,000 to expand its Fiber Internet network to nearly 2,400 more locations in Trumbull County. This award is in addition to the more than $12.3 million in local, state and federal funding already awarded to Brightspeed to connect nearly 5,900 homes and businesses in Allen, Ashtabula, Columbiana, Knox, Mahoning, Shelby and Trumbull counties.
'We are excited to see years of hard work pay off with this partnership and to have Trumbull County residents who have traditionally been unserved or underserved receive a broadband connection directly to their front door,' said Director of Trumbull County Planning Commission Julie Green in a news release.
Brightspeed has been awarded $13.8 million in funding from the Ohio Residential Broadband Expansion Grant (ORBEG) program funded through the American Rescue Plan Act, the Broadband Expansion Authority and BroadbandOhio to extend its planned fiber network build by more than 8,300 locations across the state.
'We have an unwavering commitment to bridging the digital divide and thanks to this additional funding, we can further expand our planned network build to give more Ohioans the connectivity they need at home to learn and work and for their businesses to thrive,' Brightspeed state and local government affairs director in Ohio Tom Simone said.
It is unclear when and where exactly these services will be installed.
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