Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association will be supplying internet to hundreds of homes and businesses in Carlos and the Buckskin neighborhood after beating out competitors for a state grant.
The Brandon-based telecommunications provider will receive just over $1.5 million from the Minnesota Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program. …
Arvig-Tekstar and Spectrum-Charter had also applied for the border-to-border grant to provide service to the Carlos and Buckskin areas.
Dave Wolf, Gardonville CEO and general manager, said he believes his company got the grant because of its history of reaching all homes and businesses in a project area. …
Gardonville is now installing fiber-optic near Garfield, Evansville, Brandon and Millerville, he said.
“Once those wrap up, we’ll be building the Nelson area, and if all goes well, we may actually start on the Carlos and Buckskin grant areas this fall,” he said.
He said Gardonville will soon reach out to residents in those grant areas soon.
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I now get my internet through Gardonville but do not live in the area mentioned by the grant. We got a letter stating broadband was coming, but a different service. So, which company will we get service from?
It sounds like you may soon have a choice. You can always switch when the new provider is up and running but you don’t have to The areas mentioned are just some of the newer places Gardonville is building up.
I’ve been a loyal subscriber to this “Coop” for many years and will probably never see the dollars I’ve “invested” in it other than a token “dividend” once a year.
I suggest that Gardonville either payout a significantly larger portion of the earnings to the coop owners, discount the cost of their services to charter members, or a combination of both.