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New developments may help bring high-speed broadband connections to rural Ohioans. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocated $7.2 billion to broadband development.

Of that, $2.5 billion is allocated to the USDA Rural Utilities Service to disburse grants, loans and loan guarantees to rural areas. The remaining $4.7 billion goes toward grants to spur broadband deployment in “unserved, underserved and low-income communities...”