The SNG Group recently released their broadband survey results. The surveyed states (all but 2 participated!) to see what folks had going related to broadband.
They look at five areas:
- Availability
- Adoption
- Driving Meaningful Use
- Growth Investment
- Regulation
Here’s how Minnesota ranked…
- Overall – 13
- Availability – 14
- Adoption – 23
- Driving Meaningful Use – 13
- Growth Investment – 9
- Regulation – NA (points docked for regulatory barriers)
Here are some factors that helped our ranking:
- We have a State Broadband Office
- We have annual budget for broadband (the average funding for the 11 states that report funding and are not NY or CA is $596,000 a year
Here is a factor that hurt our ranking:
- We have regulatory barriers for municipalities that want to provide broadband