Rank: 51
Code: Red
(See Blandin Foundation interactive map)
Houston County: recent incremental change
Houston County broadband has improved incrementally in the last year, likely due to a MN State Broadband grant with AcenTek in 2019.
Projected allocation of American Recovery Project ARP funds in Houston is $3,607,355; broadband is one possible use.
They have seen improvement but without receiving a grant last year and a history of not much change, it seems unlikely that they will get to ubiquitous broadband and so they are code red.
Broadband Access:
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
| 100/20 (2026 goal) | 75.26 | 69.66 | 67.81 | 66.63 | 65.08 |
| 25/3 (2022 goal) | 92.86 | 77.1 | 72.94 | 71.29 | 72.23 |
| County | Households with computer | …with desktop or laptop | …with ONLY smartphone | …with a tablet et al |
| State of MN | 93.6% | 80.6% | 7.7% | 63.8% |
| Houston | 88.5 | 78.6 | 4.8 | 56.3 |
Past grant:
- 2019: AcenTek – Rural Houston Exchange FTTH – GRANT $2,895,318
Checklist:
- Find more articles on broadband in Houston County. (http://tinyurl.com/zst4kf5)
- 100/20 Mbps ranking: 51 (up 6 places)
- Has worked with Blandin: no
- Has received a MN Broadband grant: yes
- Household density: 5.52
Details:
- Districts: CD 1
Senate: 28
House: 28B - 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 