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Ohio BEAD funding

Ohio's BEAD final proposal covers 83,992 locations. 36,960 of them (44.0%) are slated for fiber to the premises, which ranks Ohio #24 of 51 for fiber locations. The deployment cost is $260.6 million against an original allocation of $793.7 million.

Allocation
$793.7 million
Deployment cost
$260.6 million
Locations
83,992
Fiber locations
36,960

Technology mix

Low earth orbit satellite40,38848.1%
Fiber to the premises36,96044.0%
Fixed wireless6,1167.3%
Hybrid fiber-coax (cable)5280.6%

Who won BEAD money in Ohio

23 providers, largest grant first. The ones building fiber or cable are the ones hiring construction crews.

40,388 locations · Satellite (LEO) · provider match $63.4 million · est. completion February 2, 2028
10,866 locations · Fiber · provider match $27.4 million · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 424 mi buried + 989 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
4,554 locations · Fiber · provider match $9.3 million · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 741 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
6,272 locations · Fiber · provider match $12.8 million · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 45 mi buried + 540 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
South Central Power
$12.2 million
3,639 locations · Fiber · provider match $14.0 million · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 35 mi buried + 234 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
1,388 locations · Fiber · provider match $28.2 million · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 456 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
1,033 locations · Fiber · provider match $7.2 million · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 37 mi buried + 146 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
2,206 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $2.8 million · est. completion February 2, 2028
2,242 locations · Fiber · provider match $7.5 million · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 163 mi buried + 207 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
677 locations · Fiber · provider match $8.2 million · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 312 mi buried + 84 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
808 locations · Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless · provider match $2.0 million · est. completion February 2, 2028
1,707 locations · Fiber · provider match $1.8 million · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 131 mi buried + 55 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
815 locations · Fiber · provider match $3.8 million · est. completion February 1, 2029 · about 5 mi buried + 101 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
IBT Group USA, LLC
$4.5 million
1,039 locations · Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless · provider match $1.5 million · est. completion February 2, 2028
1,297 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $1.0 million · est. completion February 2, 2028
714 locations · Fiber · provider match $3.6 million · est. completion February 1, 2029 · about 27 mi buried + 41 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
812 locations · Fiber · provider match $1.2 million · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 8 mi buried + 36 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Skymesh, Inc.
$1.5 million
766 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $512,000 · est. completion February 2, 2028
Shentel
$1.1 million
973 locations · Fiber · provider match $352,827 · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 4 mi buried + 10 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
528 locations · Cable (HFC) · provider match $376,621 · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 11 mi buried + 22 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
93 locations · Fiber · provider match $235,734 · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 22 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
65 locations · Fiber · provider match $70,753 · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 8 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
1,110 locations · Fiber · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 2 mi buried + 266 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)

Source: BroadbandOhio, approved BEAD deployment projects, subgrantees and locations (retrieved 2026-09-21). Grants total $260,629,657.19 and locations 83,992, both matching NTIA. Ohio's files carry no county detail. Massillon Cable TV's award shows no BEAD grant in the state file. Fiber miles are the state's estimates. Provisional awards can change as the state finalizes agreements.

What it means for contractors

Fiber locations are the ones that turn into construction: underground and aerial placement, boring, splicing, drops, and restoration. The providers that won these areas build them, often with subcontractors. Check the Ohio broadband office's BEAD page for the providers selected in each area. Those providers, and the primes they hire, are who to call about sub work.

Ohio BEAD officeNTIA state pageFinal proposal overview (PDF)Ohio 811 rules

Fiber work in Ohio on the board

No open fiber posts in Ohio right now. Post work or list your crew, both free.

Fiber crews that work in Ohio

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Source: NTIA, final proposal overview updated December 2, 2025. NTIA marks these figures subject to change pending final review. All states.