Earlier this week, the Office of Broadband Development unveiled the 2019 MN Broadband Awards. Now I’ve had a chance to collect the data into a spreadsheet. And look at some of the high level info from the Office of Broadband Development.
Here are some of the summaries:
- # of Projects Recommended for funding: 30 (out of 80 proposals)
- Total Grant $ Recommendations: $23,270,933 (out of $70 million requested)
- # of Passings: 10,938
A breakdown by location:
- Central: 6 projects – $4,672,081
- Northland: 4 projects – $4,126,999
- Northwest: 2 projects – $1,591,526
- Southern: 5 projects – $5,940,297
- Southwest: 3 projects – $1,212,517
- Twin Cities: 3 projects – $1,148,469
- West Central: 5 projects – $2,465,618
- Tribe: 3 projects – $2,113,426
And various details on the process and outcomes:
- Local/private match $35.9M
- Total Number of locations served 10,938
- Unserved locations 8,240
- Underserved locations 2,698
- Households to be served 9,398
- Businesses to be served 436
- Farms to be served 1,044
- Community anchor institutions to be served 60
- Challenges submitted 31
- Number of challengers 14
- Number of projects challenged 23
- Number of challenges resulting in partial or non-funding 12
And here is high level info on each award (based on the summaries from the OBD) . I know this information will not format well on the website but it is easier to use and read in Excel.)
| Project | Counties | Company | Grant | local | total | unserved locations | underserved | speeds |
| Rural Houston Exchange FTTH | houston, winona | AcenTek | $2,895,318 | $6,755,741 | $9,651,059 | 485 | 424 | Gig |
| Cormorant Lakes Area Project | Otter Tail, Becker, Clay | Arvig | $430,780 | $800,020 | $1,230,800 | 481 | Gig | |
| Eden Valley & Melrose Area Project | Stearns | Arvig | $393,890 | $731,510 | $1,125,400 | 84 | 336 | Gig |
| Ramey Phase I | Benton, Morrison, Mille Lacs | Benton | $936,759 | $1,739,695 | $2,676,454 | 361 | 25/25 | |
| Le Sueur County Project | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | BEVCOMM | $1,857,376 | $1,857,376 | $3,714,752 | 568 | Gig | |
| NE Pine Island Fiber Project Phase I | Goodhue, Olmsted | BEVCOMM | $222,222 | $412,698 | $634,920 | 77 | Gig | |
| Rural Faribault County Project | Faribault, Martin | BEVCOMM | $579,781 | $869,670 | $1,449,451 | 162 | 14 | GIg |
| Bois Forte FTTH | Bois Forte | Bois Forte Tribal Government | $1,248,790 | $1,248,790 | $2,497,580 | 10 | 468 | 100/20 |
| Nessel Township FTTH Project | Chisago | CenturyLink | $1,657,550 | $3,867,617 | $5,525,167 | 956 | 64 | Gig |
| Lake Carlos Project | Douglas | Charter Communications | $74,540 | $74,541 | $149,081 | 47 | 940/35 | |
| Rosemount North Project | Dakota | Charter Communications | $499,072 | $499,072 | $998,144 | 40 | 225 | 940/35 |
| Fort Ripley/Executive Acres Project | Morrison, Crow Wing | CTC | $830,587 | $830,588 | $1,661,175 | 279 | 120 | Gig |
| Round Lake Fiber Project | Aitkin | Emily Cooperative Telephone Company | $376,000 | $376,000 | $752,000 | 242 | 103 | Gig |
| Big Lake Road Project | Carlton, Fond du Lac | $602,916 | $602,916 | $1,205,832 | 37 | 99 | Gig | |
| Krohnfeldt Drive FTTH Project | Douglas | Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association | $42,921 | $52,459 | $95,380 | 24 | Gig | |
| Rural East Grand Forks Expansion Project | Polk | Halstad Telephone Company | $440,000 | $627,362 | $1,067,362 | 79 | 22 | Gig |
| Independence MN Project | Hennepin | Mediacom Minnesota LLC | $139,039 | $139,040 | $278,079 | 105 | Gig/50 | |
| Lake Louisa/Lake Marie Project | Wright | Meeker Coop. Light & Power Assoc. (Vibrant Broadband) | $297,940 | $695,194 | $993,134 | 206 | 100/20 | |
| Renville Project | Renville | Midco | $230,835 | $692,503 | $923,338 | 677 | Gig/20 | |
| Scandia Project | Washington | Midco | $510,358 | $510,359 | $1,020,717 | 64 | 155 | Gig/20 |
| MLEC Phase 3 FTTH Project with CTC | Aitkin | Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative (MLEC) | $1,253,955 | $1,565,944 | $2,819,899 | 282 | 225 | Gig |
| Rural Lucan Fiber Project | Redwood | MVTC (Minnesota Valley Telephone Company, Inc.) | $635,400 | $776,600 | $1,412,000 | 125 | Gig | |
| Hutchinson W Project | Meeker, Renville | Nuvera Communications, Inc | $346,282 | $564,422 | $910,704 | 109 | Gig | |
| New Ulm SW Project | Brown | Nuvera Communications, Inc | $385,600 | $716,113 | $1,101,713 | 128 | Gig | |
| Long and Fish Lakes Project | Otter Tail, Becker, Clay | Otter Tail Telcom LLC | $156,954 | $291,486 | $448,440 | 88 | Gig/20 | |
| North Central Minnesota Fiber Project | Leech Lake, Cass, Itasca, Koochiching, St. Louis | Paul Bunyan Communications | $2,562,916 | $3,705,484 | $6,268,400 | 914 | 439 | Gig |
| South Alexandria Project | Douglas | Runestone Telecom Association | $1,760,423 | $2,640,635 | $4,401,058 | 908 | Gig | |
| Glen Township Broadband Expansion Project | Aitkin | SCI Broadband (Savage Communications Inc.) | $195,848 | $205,847 | $401,695 | 276 | 250/20 | |
| Rural Staples Phase I Project | Tod | WCTA (West Central Telephone Association) | $555,355 | $678,768 | $1,234,123 | 109 | Gig | |
| Wiktel NW MN Broadband Project | Kittson, Marshall, Lake of the Woods, Pennington, Roseau | Wikstrom Telephone | $1,151,526 | $1,407,420 | $2,558,946 | 316 | Gig | |
