Continuing Ohio’s Legacy of Connection
Modernizing network infrastructure
Continuing Ohio’s Legacy of Connection
November 12, 2026
November 12, 2026
Key insights
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To reach our goal and help our customers upgrade to faster, more reliable services, we’re actively investing in modern networks that will power us for the next century.
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When public entities team up with trusted providers, more Americans are connected to greater opportunity.
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Streamlined permitting, continued right-of-way access, timely approvals and reasonable fees can make that process even more efficient as we continue connecting Ohioans.
For more than 145 years, AT&T has connected communities across Ohio. As networks and the policies that oversee them modernize, AT&T is committed to working with Ohio leaders like you to help deploy fast, reliable broadband infrastructure safely and efficiently.
Transitioning to the future
Ohioans rely on modern connectivity more than ever. With only 1% of our eligible customers nationally still using legacy copper voice¹, we are moving to newer technologies like fiber and wireless to meet their evolving needs. To reach our goal and help our customers upgrade to faster, more reliable services, we’re actively investing in modern networks that will power us for the next century.
- 145+ years connecting Ohio communities
- ~$3.1B invested in our Ohio network from 2021 to 2025
- AT&T Fiber® is now available to more than 1.02 million customer locations in Ohio²
- AT&T Fiber® is available in more than 150 communities in Ohio³
Our commitment continues
AT&T has been embedded in Ohio communities for generations. This is where our 2,347 Ohio employees live, work and play. We uphold the mission to bring modern, high-speed connectivity to our neighbors safely and efficiently.
When public entities team up with trusted providers, more Americans are connected to greater opportunity.
We remain committed to:
- Building responsibly
- Working openly with state and local leaders
- Granting Ohio regulators advance notice of projects
- Standing by to address community or regulatory concerns
- Helping customers upgrade, including no-cost technician installation of eligible equipment
- Working directly with 9-1-1 call centers on migration plans designed to help keep emergency calls connected
- Building with a skilled frontline workforce as the only major U.S. telecommunications company whose frontline workforce is fully unionized
Looking ahead
Collaboration with Ohio’s state and local leaders has always guided AT&T, resulting in clear timelines and a predictable, reasonable process.
Streamlined permitting, continued right-of-way access, timely approvals and reasonable fees can make that process even more efficient as we continue connecting Ohioans.
We are committed to continuing and improving this longstanding collaboration to further streamline and speed up future infrastructure deployment.
Building on our long history in Ohio, we’re ready to help shape a next chapter of connectivity that reaches more communities across the state.
¹ As of October 2026
² As of December 2025
³ As of December 2025
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