2023 Minnesota Broadband County Profiles – from Aitkin to Yellow Medicine

The 2023 County Broadband Profiles are done! I wanted to give folks who get an email alert each time something is posted on the blog that today is the day you’re going to get a lot. Also, I wanted to share some notes.

Minnesota has two broadband speed goals:

  • Ubiquitous access to speeds of 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up (25/3) by 2022
  • Ubiquitous access to 100/20 by 2026

Using data from the Office of Broadband Development and stories collected on the Blandin on Broadband blog, I have created a broadband snapshot of each county and their progress, especially on meeting the 2026 goal and ranked each green (good shape), yellow (warning) and red (yikes).

Here’s the breakdown of rating:

  • Green Rating: 31
  • Red Rating: 25
  • Yellow Rating: 31

Everyone in the broadband world is watching what’s happening with Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) funding. Minnesota has been allocated $652 million, which will be distributed through the Office of Broadband Development (OBD). OBD has noted that $652 million will not be enough. So smart counties will do what they can to prepare to apply for funds. That means, make sure the map reflects what your community is experiencing. It also means, make connections and plans not to be prepared to apply. The tricky part is that nothing has been decided yet. OBD submitted their Initial Proposal with plans for how they will distribute funds, but the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has not yet approved it.  Therefore my general comments for each county do not include a lot of information on BEAD.

Also you can check out:

Counties…

  1. Aitkin – https://wp.me/p3if7-9xH
  2. Anoka – https://wp.me/p3if7-9xQ
  3. Becker – https://wp.me/p3if7-9xT
  4. Beltrami – https://wp.me/p3if7-9xW
  5. Benton – https://wp.me/p3if7-9xZ
  6. Big Stone – https://wp.me/p3if7-9y2
  7. Blue Earth – https://wp.me/p3if7-9y5
  8. Brown –  https://wp.me/p3if7-9y8
  9. Carlton – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yc
  10. Carver – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yf
  11. Cass – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yi
  12. Chippewa – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yl
  13. Chisago – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yr
  14. Clay – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yu
  15. Clearwater – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yx
  16. Cook – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yA
  17. Cottonwood – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yD
  18. Crow Wing – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yG
  19. Dakota – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yJ
  20. Dodge – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yM
  21. Douglas – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yP
  22. Faribault – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yS
  23. Fillmore – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yV
  24. Freeborn – https://wp.me/p3if7-9yY
  25. Goodhue – https://wp.me/p3if7-9z2
  26. Grant – https://wp.me/p3if7-9z5
  27. Hennepin – https://wp.me/p3if7-9z8
  28. Houston – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zb
  29. Hubbard – https://wp.me/p3if7-9ze
  30. Isanti – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zh
  31. Itasca – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zm
  32. Jackson – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zp
  33. Kanabec – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zs
  34. Kandiyohi – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zv
  35. Kittson – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zy
  36. Koochiching – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zB
  37. Lac qui Parle – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zE
  38. Lake – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zH
  39. Lake of the Woods – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zK
  40. Le Sueur – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zN
  41. Lincoln – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zQ
  42. Lyon – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zT
  43. Mahnomen – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zW
  44. Marshall – https://wp.me/p3if7-9zZ
  45. Martin – https://wp.me/p3if7-9A2
  46. McLeod – https://wp.me/p3if7-9A5
  47. Meeker – https://wp.me/p3if7-9A9
  48. Mille Lacs – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Ac
  49. Morrison – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Af
  50. Mower – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Ai
  51. Murray – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Al
  52. Nicollet – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Ao
  53. Nobles – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Ar
  54. Norman – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Au
  55. Olmsted – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Ax
  56. Otter Tail – https://wp.me/p3if7-9AA
  57. Pennington – https://wp.me/p3if7-9AD
  58. Pine – https://wp.me/p3if7-9AG
  59. Pipestone – https://wp.me/p3if7-9AJ
  60. Polk – https://wp.me/p3if7-9AM
  61. Pope – https://wp.me/p3if7-9AP
  62. Ramsey – https://wp.me/p3if7-9AS
  63. Red Lake – https://wp.me/p3if7-9AV
  64. Redwood – https://wp.me/p3if7-9AY
  65. Renville – https://wp.me/p3if7-9B1
  66. Rice – https://wp.me/p3if7-9B4
  67. Rock – https://wp.me/p3if7-9B7
  68. Roseau – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Ba
  69. Scott – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Bg
  70. Sherburne – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Bj
  71. Sibley – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Bq
  72. St. Louis – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Bd
  73. Stearns – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Bt
  74. Steele – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Bw
  75. Stevens – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Bz
  76. Swift – https://wp.me/p3if7-9BB
  77. Todd – https://wp.me/p3if7-9BE
  78. Traverse – https://wp.me/p3if7-9BH
  79. Wabasha – https://wp.me/p3if7-9BK
  80. Wadena –  https://wp.me/p3if7-9BN
  81. Waseca –  https://wp.me/p3if7-9BQ
  82. Washington – https://wp.me/p3if7-9BT
  83. Watonwan – https://wp.me/p3if7-9BW
  84. Wilkin – https://wp.me/p3if7-9C1
  85. Winona – https://wp.me/p3if7-9C4
  86. Wright – https://wp.me/p3if7-9C7
  87. Yellow Medicine – https://wp.me/p3if7-9Ca