{"id":148828,"date":"2025-09-17T03:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/148828\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T03:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:18:12","slug":"digitalc-gets-boost-from-gfiber-marks-6k-cleveland-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/148828\/","title":{"rendered":"DigitalC gets boost from GFiber, marks 6k Cleveland connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNews<br \/>\nDigitalC has passed yet another milestone in Cleveland, connecting their 6,000th household in Ohio\u2019s largest city.<\/p>\n<p>By: Brad Randall, <a href=\"http:\/\/bbcmag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Broadband Communities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A recent milestone attained by DigitalC was followed up by a $500,000 in-kind donation from GFiber.<\/p>\n<p>GFiber\u2019s donation aims to help the non-profit continue in their mission to reach underserved communities, according to DigitalC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, DigitalC released a video on YouTube celebrating their six-thousandth household connected in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>The non-profit, which uses\u00a0Tarana\u2019s ngFWA technology to power their citywide network, has been connecting households in the city since 2024, according to the organization\u2019s CEO, Joshua Edmonds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrapinn.com\/BBC26\/Blog\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757975288_0_BBC-2026-Banner-1-1024x120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"120\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a love story that just keeps going,\u201d Edmonds said in the company\u2019s recent YouTube video. \u201cWe\u2019re orchestrating opportunity for everybody in this city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the celebration of their milestone, DigitalC also shared more good news. The company released the details about the donation from GFiber in a Tuesday release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe donation includes next generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) equipment from Tarana, which will allow DigitalC to expand its Canopy home internet service, \u201ca release from DigitalC announced this week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Within their footprint, DitigalC currently offers symmetrical 100 Mbps internet at affordable rates.<\/p>\n<p>In the release, Edmonds said the donation will add bandwidth to DigitalC\u2019s capacity, allowing them to scale their model for Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis community-based blueprint proves that next-generation technology can be deployed quickly, trusted deeply, and scaled effectively to deliver the superior internet experience more communities deserve,\u201d Edmonds stated.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, <a href=\"https:\/\/bbcmag.com\/all-cleveland-residents-expected-to-have-broadband-access-by-middle-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cleveland was once ranked the worst-connected major city<\/a> in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bbcmag.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Subscribe to the Broadband Communities newsletter!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News DigitalC has passed yet another milestone in Cleveland, connecting their 6,000th household in Ohio\u2019s largest city. 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