Green=served Purple=underesrved Red=unserved
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 18
Code: Yellow
Annually, Blandin Foundation pulls together data from the Minnesota Office of Broadband Development and broadband news to gauge progress toward the state broadband goals (25 megabits per second download/3 Mbps upload by 2022 and 100 Mbps/20 Mbps by 2026). Leaders can use this information to improve broadband access and use in their communities. To see how the state is doing overall, or to compare counties, visit the Blandin Foundation interactive map. Or check out past years’ reports: 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Hubbard County: recent, great improvement
Hubbard County had a great leap in access in the last year. It would be nice to see them keep up the momentum. They received nice recognition for use of broadband in providing services to veterans, but no reports on deployment efforts.
Broadband Access:
| 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
| 100/20 (2026 goal) | 91.39 | 74.21 | 46.61 | 46.43 |
| 25/3 (2022 goal) | 91.47 | 97.97 | 95.65 | 87.42 |
| County | Households with computer | …with desktop or laptop | …with a smartphone | …with a tablet et al | …with other |
| State of MN | 90.3% | 81.1% | 76.5% | 59.3% | 3.5% |
| Hubbard | 87.8% | 77.2% | 68.1% | 53.6% | 2.2% |
What we learned in the past:
Hubbard County has benefited from two MN state grants:
- 2017 – Paul Bunyan Communications – North Central Fiber – GRANT $802,620
- 2016 – PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS HUBBARD, BECKER & ITASCA COUNTIES – GRANT: $1,742,232
Update from 2020:
The Hubbard County Veteran Services Office (VSO) is only the second in Minnesota to offer telehealth appointments to local veterans, which is a good indicator that the county is focused on use as well as deployment.
Checklist:
- Find more articles on broadband in Hubbard County. (http://tinyurl.com/hy7et5e)
- 100/20 Mbps ranking: 18 (up from 45)
- Has worked with Blandin: no
- Has received a MN Broadband grant: yes
- Household density: 8.7
Details:
- Districts: CD 8
Senate: 02 & 05
House: 2B, 5A - 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)