Sign up Starting May 13, 2021
The Emergency Broadband Benefit is an FCC program to help families and households struggling to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federal Communications Commission is asking for help to spread the word about the Emergency Broadband Benefit. This temporary program helps struggling families who know having a broadband connection is essential for households to gain access to virtual classrooms, jobs, healthcare services, and so much more.
The Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month toward broadband service for eligible families and households who are struggling to stay connected during the pandemic. (Qualifying households on Tribal lands can receive a discount of up to $75 per month for service.) Eligible households can also receive a discount of up to $100 for the purchase of a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers.
- Last week, the FCC announced that beginning on May 12, 2021, eligible households will be able to apply for the Emergency Broadband Benefit online at GetEmergencyBroadband.org. This website is where consumers will be able to apply for the benefit starting May 12, 2021.
These providers will be participating in the program. Visit www.fcc.gov/broadbandbenefit to learn more.
| Ohio Broadband Provider Name | Service Type | Offering Connected Devices (Laptop, Desktop, or Tablet) |
| Access Wireless | Mobile | |
| AirVoice Wireless | Mobile | ✔ |
| American Broadband and Telecommunications Company | Mobile | ✔ |
| Amplex Internet | Fixed | |
| AT&T | Fixed/Mobile | |
| Ayersville Telephone Company | Fixed | |
| Bascom Communications | Fixed | |
| Benton Ridge Telephone Company | Fixed | |
| Boost Mobile | Mobile | |
| Buckeye Broadband | Fixed | |
| Charter (Spectrum) | Fixed | |
| The Chillicothe Telephone Company | Fixed | |
| Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company | Fixed | |
| Comcast (Xfinity) | Fixed | |
| Consolidated Fiber | Fixed | |
| Cox | Fixed | ✔ |
| EmpowerCLE | Fixed | |
| enTouch Wireless | Mobile | ✔ |
| Frontier Communications | Fixed | |
| Gen Mobile | Mobile | ✔ |
| good2go mobile | Mobile | |
| human-I-T | Mobile | ✔ |
| Life Wireless | Mobile | |
| Massillon Cable TV (MCTV) | Fixed | |
| Mediacom | Fixed | |
| Metro by T-Mobile | Fixed/Mobile | ✔ |
| MetroNet | Fixed | |
| MetaLINK Technologies | Fixed | |
| Middle Point Home Telephone Company | Fixed | |
| Nextlink Internet | Fixed | |
| PCs for People | Mobile | ✔ |
| Point Broadband | Fixed | |
| Q Link Wireless | Mobile | ✔ |
| Sano Health | Mobile | |
| Selectel Wireless | Mobile | ✔ |
| StandUp Wireless | Mobile | ✔ |
| Suddenlink | Fixed | |
| TDS Telecommunications Corporation | Fixed | |
| Telephone Service Company | Fixed | |
| T-Mobile USA | Fixed/Mobile | ✔ |
| TM Telecomm Corp | Fixed/Mobile | ✔ |
| TracFone Wireless | Mobile | ✔ |
| TruConnect | Mobile | ✔ |
| Verizon | Fixed/Mobile | |
| Windspeed Broadband | Fixed | |
| Windstream | Fixed | ✔ |
| Wabash | Fixed | |
| WATCH Communications | Fixed | ✔ |
| WOW! Internet Cable and Phone | Fixed |
