DigitalC
DigitalC Exceeds 2025 Goals, Secures $4.35 Million as The Cleveland Model for Digital Equity Gains Momentum
Cleveland City Council has authorized a $4.35 million performance payment to DigitalC after the nonprofit exceeded its 2025 goals for connecting Cleveland households to high-speed home internet and providing residents with essential digital skills training, marking a major milestone for The Cleveland Model for digital equity. Cleveland's investment in DigitalC is helping demonstrate how a city can move quickly, intentionally and measurably to expand broadband access, digital skills and opportunity.
DigitalC Announces $500,000 In-Kind Donation from Google Fiber to Bring More Affordable Internet to Ohio
DigitalC announced a $500,000 in-kind donation of cutting-edge broadband technology from Google Fiber to help accelerate the nonprofit’s mission of delivering affordable, high-speed home internet to underserved Ohio communities. The donation includes next-generation Fixed Wireless Access equipment from Tarana, which will allow DigitalC to expand its Canopy home internet service—offering symmetrical 100 Mbps internet at an affordable rate—to even more neighborhoods in Ohio.
DigitalC Selected by City of Cleveland As Partner to Build Citywide Broadband Network
DigitalC, a local nonprofit technology social enterprise, has been selected by Mayor Justin Bibb (D-Cleveland) to receive $20 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding from the City of Cleveland (OH) to deliver affordable, high-speed internet to city residents. The Cleveland City Council must approve legislation submitted by the mayor to allocate this funding to DigitalC. The legislation will be presented at the next City Council meeting on May 15, 2023. DigitalC was selected through a competitive process.
DigitalC and Meta Bring High-Speed Internet to Affordable Housing Residents in Cleveland, Ohio
DigitalC has teamed up with Meta to make high-speed internet available to residents of four public housing developments in Cleveland. The partnership includes the funding, installation and delivery of fixed wireless internet services that will support more than 1,000 households with low-cost, high-speed internet. As part of DigitalC’s mission-driven, fixed wireless internet service, EmpowerCLE+, and Meta’s efforts to help expand and improve connectivity, more than 1,530 Cleveland households have been connected to broadband service across the Cleveland metro region.