Testimony & Public Comments

The Buckeye Institute submitted written testimony to the Ohio Senate Financial Institutions and Technology Committee on the policies in House Bill 2, which would expand access to broadband internet service to underserved areas of Ohio. In his testimony, Greg R. Lawson, research fellow at Buckeye, highlighted that “access to high-speed broadband is an essential of daily life” with “telehealth, online learning, internet commerce, and telework all depend[ing] on consumer access to reliable broadband service.”

The Buckeye Institute submitted written testimony to the Ohio House Finance Committee on the policies in House Bill 2, which would expand access to broadband internet service to underserved areas of Ohio. In his testimony, Buckeye’s Greg R. Lawson, told lawmakers that with many areas across Ohio lacking access to broadband the “economic gap between those communities with broadband access and those without will likely continue to widen,” and that “[w]ithout adequate plans to deliver broadband service throughout the state, Ohio risks leaving many communities and families behind…"