There are two more rounds of ARRA broadband to be announced – one is scheduled for next week, the next the end of September. In the meantime I’ve gathered a list of the Minnesota-based and Minnesota-touched awards announced so far. I’ve included brief descriptions of each project. I thought I’d share it as a cheat sheet we could all use.
I’ll paste the table of info below – but I know tables and blogs don’t’ always mix – so there’s a prettier version in Word too.
| Grantee | Amount | Description |
| Infrastructure Projects: | ||
| Arvig Telephone Company | $5,048,168 | Bring high speed DSL service to unserved establishments within its rural service territory in Crow Wing County, MN. |
| Carver County | $6,000,000 | Affordable middle-mile broadband service in south central Minnesota to connect schools, libraries, and community colleges. |
| City of Windom | $12,800,000 | SWMBG will build FTTP (Fiber to the Premise) infrastructure to eight rural communities in Southwestern Minnesota. |
| Enventis Telecom | $16,800,000 | Affordable middle-mile broadband service in Minnesota by connecting 70 community institutions to broadband, including connecting the Mayo Clinic to 12 rural health care facilities in southern Minnesota. |
| Farmers Mutual Telephone Company | $9,652,956 | Bring FTTP technology to Lac qui Parle County. |
| Federated Telephone Cooperative | $1,300,000 | Build a FTTP system to deploy voice, video, and data services to rural Appleton, Minnesota. |
| Federated Telephone Cooperative. | $2,987,000 | Bring a FTTP voice, video, and data network to the Rural Morris, Minnesota exchange. |
| Halstad Telephone Company | $6,555,000 | Install FTTP to 1,069 underserved locations in 5 towns and surrounding rural/farm areas in Norman and Polk Counties in Minnesota |
| Minnesota Valley Television Improvement Corporation | $1,125,552 | Continue building out its broadband internet network to unserved and underserved areas of west central and south central Minnesota. |
| Northeast Service Cooperative | $43,498,220 | The Northeast Service Cooperative, in partnership with state and local agencies, schools and health care organizations, will implement a middle mile project to make dark fiber, wavelength services available to private sector providers in rural areas of northeast Minnesota. |
| Sjoberg’s, Inc. | $866,000 | FTTP in Roseau, Thief River Falls, and the hamlet of Fox, serving approximately 656 people stand to benefit, as do roughly 15 businesses and 3 community institutions |
| Wikstrom Telephone Company, Incorporated | $7,398,600 | Deploy FTTP in 6 communities in Kittson, Marshall and Roseau Counties. |
| Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association | $3,100,000
*Winnebago received $19.6 million but only 16% will go MN |
Expand the existing portions of its fiber network by providing FTTP to rural portions of about 21 communities in Iowa and Minnesota. |
| Woodstock Telephone Co Inc | $15,184,424 | Expand its fiber network into neighboring rural communities by providing FTTP in 15 communities located within 3 counties in Southwest Minnesota. |
| Zayo Bandwidth, LLC | $13,382,593 | The Connect Anoka County Community Broadband Network will make high-speed broadband services available to governments, businesses, community anchor institutions, and local Internet service providers in Anoka County and parts of Isanti and Ramsey Counties |
| 15 Projects | $145,698,513 | |
| Public Computer Center Projects: | ||
| Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee | $1,722,371 | Create seven new public computer centers and upgrade 10 existing facilities on three Ojibwe and Chippewa Indian reservations in Minnesota. They will provide training and support to youth, parents and small businesses. |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | $2,862,333 | Establish one new public computer center and improve 10 existing computer centers in Minneapolis and St Paul. They will offer computer and workforce training to vulnerable populations, including African-Americans and Hmong and Somali immigrants. |
| Broadband Adoption Programs: | ||
| C.K. Blandin Foundation | $4,858,219 | Blandin Foundation and partners will bring a network of resources and support to rural Minnesota individuals and communities – especially those unemployed and seeking employment, small businesses, coalitions of government entities, and local leaders. |
| 3 Projects | $9,442,923 | . |
| Multi-State Projects with a presence in Minnesota | ||
| Communication Service for the Deaf, Inc. | $14,988,657 | Discounted broadband services and specialized computers, online technology training, public access to videophones at anchor institutions for the deaf and hearing impaired community. The project is primary based in South Dakota. |
| Connected Nation, Inc. | $1,700,000 | Expand existing broadband maps to reach more providers, give information at a more detailed level, and investigate broadband adoption in Minnesota |
| Merit Network | $69,639,291 | Develop 1172 miles of middle mile fiber to serve anchors, public safety, homes and businesses in the Upper Peninsula and Northern Lower Peninsula. Paths out of the region will reach the Duluth area |
| Mission Economic Development Agency | $3,724,128 | The Latino Microenterprise Tech Net will create a public computer center in Minneapolis, where they will offer computer training and adult basic education in English and Spanish. |
| One Economy Corporation | $28,519,482 | Publishes a portal of Twin Cities and national resources focusing on jobs, school, housing, money and health. Their Digital Connectors program will bring a mentor/community service project to the Twin Cities where youth will learn about broadband and pass on their knowledge to the community |
| University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development* | $62,540,162 | Create an ultra-fast national network to colleges, universities, libraries, health care facilities and public safety entities, including some based in Minnesota |
| 6 Projects | $181,111,720 | |
| Total: | ||
| 23 Projects | $336,253,156 | |
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