Oklahoma Launches Broadband Progress Tool, New Projects

The Oklahoma Broadband Office launched a new dashboard providing "top line data" on the state's progress of broadband expansion, the agency announced Friday. The dashboard includes award amount, technology used, project status and other information at the county, congressional, state House and state Senate district level. Also Friday, OBO announced that Atlas Broadband officially launched eight projects totaling $34.2 million. The ISP is connecting fiber in at least two of its projects. Oklahoma is "igniting a future where our rural communities thrive," said OBO Executive Director Mike Sanders.