Monday, February 21, 2011

Rural Ohio communities live without broadband

Feb. 21, 2011, Newark Advocate

BY JESSICA ALAIMO
CentralOhio.com

People living in Appalachia are more likely to get inky fingers while reading this story. That’s because they’re less likely to be reading it on a high-speed Internet connection.

Overall, 99.3 percent of Ohio residents have access to high-speed connections, according to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The state has the 13th highest penetration rate among the 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.

However, 30 of Ohio’s 88 counties have at least some households with no broadband providers. Most of those counties are in southeastern Ohio.

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