More research added to BroadbandStat
Chris Pugh
Connect Ohio
Connect Ohio is offering Ohio residents a robust guide to available broadband services with its new mapping data, which is now available on the initiative’s BroadBandStat Web site.
The maps are based on information derived through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Broadband Data Improvement Act and the State Broadband Data Development Program.
“The new data includes technology type, advertised speeds and layers that better show connectivity data for communities throughout the state,” Connect Ohio Executive Director Tom Fritz said. “This information will be useful to customers seeking new or improved broadband service.”
The new mapping data comes in addition to February’s release of BroadbandStat, a mapping service which offers local and state-wide education and population demographics, current broadband speeds and availability and research about the barriers to broadband adoption.
Connected Nation, Connect Ohio’s parent organization, joined forces with ESRI, a market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, to create the revolutionary application.
All Connected Nation partner states and territories will be using BroadbandStat to organize the results of data currently being collected on available broadband services.
Connected Nation currently produces mapping and broadband data in twelve states and one territory.
Ohio’s latest mapping research can be foundhere
Funding for the Ohio projects came from a $1.8 million federal grant awarded to the state last December in order to compile and map broadband availability, including location, available speed and type of technology delivering the service.
The maps are updated semi-annually and include data provided by more than 100 broadband service providers across the state.
Connect Ohio
Connect Ohio is offering Ohio residents a robust guide to available broadband services with its new mapping data, which is now available on the initiative’s BroadBandStat Web site.
The maps are based on information derived through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Broadband Data Improvement Act and the State Broadband Data Development Program.
“The new data includes technology type, advertised speeds and layers that better show connectivity data for communities throughout the state,” Connect Ohio Executive Director Tom Fritz said. “This information will be useful to customers seeking new or improved broadband service.”
The new mapping data comes in addition to February’s release of BroadbandStat, a mapping service which offers local and state-wide education and population demographics, current broadband speeds and availability and research about the barriers to broadband adoption.
Connected Nation, Connect Ohio’s parent organization, joined forces with ESRI, a market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, to create the revolutionary application.
All Connected Nation partner states and territories will be using BroadbandStat to organize the results of data currently being collected on available broadband services.
Connected Nation currently produces mapping and broadband data in twelve states and one territory.
Ohio’s latest mapping research can be foundhere
Funding for the Ohio projects came from a $1.8 million federal grant awarded to the state last December in order to compile and map broadband availability, including location, available speed and type of technology delivering the service.
The maps are updated semi-annually and include data provided by more than 100 broadband service providers across the state.
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