Steele County is not poised to meet the MN broadband speed goals for either 2022 or 2026. Their numbers aren’t too far off the mark, but there is limited community involvement and visible momentum in that direction.
| Percentage of Served Population by Speed and Date | |||
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
| 100/20 (2026 goal) | 86.86 | 56.61 | 95.64 |
| 25/3 (2022 goal) | 88.44 | 87.79 | 99.86 |
Green=served Purple=underesrved Red=unserved
Representative Daniels is a spokesperson for broadband, but action is limited.
Checklist:
- 100/20 ranking: 22
- 25/3 ranking: 35
- Has worked with Blandin: no
- Has received a MN Broadband grant: no
- Household density: 33.1
- Number of providers: 7
Details:
- Find more articles on broadband in Steele County (http://tinyurl.com/zd4qhbu)
- Districts: CD 1
Senate: 24, 27
House: 24A, 24B, 27A - Find your reps
I am doing the annual look at broadband in each county – based on maps from the Office of Broadband Development and news gathered from the last year. I’m looking at progress toward the 2022 (25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up) and 2026 (100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up) and will code each:
- Red (yikes)
- Yellow (warning)
- Green (good shape)
Blandin on Broadband 