New satellite high speed internet service will connect underserved households, businesses
COLUMBUS – Lt. Gov. Jon Husted announced that Allen Township, outside of Marysville, will be the site of a pilot project, with the Starlink satellite broadband service developed by SpaceX, to connect select households and small businesses with high speed internet access.
The pilot is part of the DeWine-Husted administration’s commitment to bringing high speed internet access to Ohioans across the state.
The pilot will test the delivery of Starlink’s space-based high speed internet to 90 households and about 10 small businesses. All of the participants are underserved by broadband. It marks the largest Starlink pilot in the Midwest, and it was made possible through the partnership of BroadbandOhio, the city of Marysville, economic leaders in Union County, and JobsOhio, the state’s private nonprofit economic development corporation.