From zero to 4,000 households connected — Cleveland, this is your win!
In January 2024, we had zero subscribers. On April 4, 2025, we connected home No. 4,000 — Phillip Ransaw in Ward 12. Chief Executive Officer Joshua Edmonds and the team surprised him with balloons, a certificate and a Canopy gift box. Every connection is worth celebrating, but No. 4,000 felt special.
“I thought y’all were just coming to hook up the cable — then you showed up with gifts and everything. I’ve never seen a company do that.”
Ransaw’s security cameras now stream, homework gets done and family nights are back online.
We owe 4,000 thank‑yous to the residents, partners and funders who turned zero into 4,000 in just 15 months. Cleveland, we’re just getting started.
1,148 new households subscribed this quarter — a 46 % jump over Q4 and a 276 % surge compared with Q1 2024 (305 households).
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Residents trained on digital skills from drones to codes - unlocking opportunity and futures.
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Households covered - extending community-based, high-speed home service across Cleveland’s neighborhoods.
E. 67th ‘mayor’ goes digital: One resident’s journey to online independence
Montana Henderson—“Mayor of E 67th Street”—stepped into the digital age with a brand‑new laptop after completing DigitalC’s six‑week Click course. She is one of 2,458 residents trained in Q1 alone—already 33 percent of last year’s 7,500 learners and on pace to reach our 2025 goal of 10,000 trained. Watch Ms. Henderson turn “I’ll be left behind” into “I pay bills from anywhere,” proving that digital know‑how is the neighborhood’s new power tool.
“The world is computer‑generated whether I like it or not.”
Our new documentary, Driven to Connect, drops you inside the neighborhoods, homes, and victories that are taking Cleveland from worst to first in broadband. Fasten your seat belt, meet the residents driving the change, and see the blueprint to bridge the digital divide - for good.
87% of residents rate reliability as excellent or good
90% say they receive the speeds they were promised
84% would recommend the service to their neighbors
From confused to confident: Breonn cracks the code
Ninth‑grader Breonn Davis walked into our Click coding session never expecting to code a fried egg—or to call it “one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.” After tinkering with color values, X‑Y positions and constant variables, Breonn finally hit Run and watched his egg sizzle to life. “That felt good,” he said.Read Breonn’s full story .
Digital redlining keeps whole neighborhoods stuck on the slow lane while wealthier ZIP codes zoom ahead. CNET’s deep‑dive shows how profit‑driven upgrades bypass low‑income streets—and why community networks like DigitalC are rewriting that script in Cleveland. Dive in to see the stakes.
Industry buzz: This week’s FTTx roundup leads with DigitalC’s 4,000‑home milestone—see how our Cleveland rollout shares headlines with fiber surges from Maryland to the U.K.
The 74 spotlights Cleveland’s post‑pandemic connectivity gains—and cites DigitalC's effort—while warning that stalled federal aid could undo the progress. See why 4,000 new Canopy connections matter more than ever and what’s at stake if support dries up.
Zero to 4,000—and counting. In just 15 months, Canopy leapt from zero homes online to 4,000, turning former “dead zones” into possibility zones across Cleveland. Meet Phillip Ransaw of Slavic Village—our 4,000th subscriber—who’s now working, learning, and streaming for just $18 a month. Dive into the milestone story and see how thousands of neighbors are powering Cleveland’s connectivity comeback.
Who controls the on‑ramp to the internet—corporations, politicians, or the community itself? Our latest post argues that universal access is this century’s defining right and shows how Cleveland’s resident‑powered network is securing it for everyone.
