Thanks to CNS for sending me a very cool interactive map of carriers who have been approved to bid in the upcoming auction.

It looks like there are about 19 carriers in Minnesota – scattered almost everywhere but Northeast MN. I’ve tried to list all of the MN carriers – when in doubt, I included the company although some were right on the border.

1. Roseau Electric Cooperative
2. Wikstrom Telephone Company, Inc.
3. Garden Valley Telephone Company
4. Halstad Telephone Company
5. Red River Rural Telephone Association, Inc.
6. Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative
7. Johnson Telephone Company
8. West Central Telephone Assoc.
9. Emily Cooperative Telephone Company
10. Consolidated Telephone Company
11. FDL Reservation Business Committee
12. Federated Telephone Cooperative
13. Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
14. Hanson Communications, Inc.
15. Broadband Corp.
16. Jaguar Communications, Inc
17. Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association
18. Lismore Cooperative Telephone Company
19. Woodstock Telephone Company