Rank: 6
Code: Green
(See Blandin Foundation interactive map)
Big Stone County almost there
Big Stone County ranks 12 for broadband access out of 87 counties a bump up from 12 last year. They are at 99.71 percent coverage to broadband of 100 Mbps down and 20 up since 2018. They have 7 households without access to broadband at that speed. Estimates indicate that it will cost $65,000 to get to ubiquitous broadband in the county.
| County | Residential Location Density | number of residential locations | ≥ 100 Mbps Download/20 Mbps Upload Speeds | unserved households | Cost to close gap |
| Big Stone | 4.6 | 2,430 | 99.71 | 7 | 65100 |
Big Stone is on the way to getting to goal coverage. They rank in the top 10 and that’s what they get a green rating. They got a great advantage when Federated Telephone got grant funding to building in the area in 2014.
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
| 100/20 (2026 goal) | 99.71 | 97.9 | 98.6 | 98.6 | 98.91 | 98.91 | 70.12 |
| 25/3 (2022 goal) | 99.71 | 97.17 | 99.48 | 99.48 | 99.58 | 98.91 | 70.12 |
Grants:
- 2014 – Federated Telephone Cooperative, Big Stone County
Find more articles on broadband in Big Stone County. (http://tinyurl.com/zfgwstd)
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)
The maps below on the left comes from the Office of Broadband Development interactive map, reflecting data updated on Oct 31, 2023. Red dots represent locations unserved with wireline broadband; the Orange dots represent underserved locations. The map on the right comes from the FCC National Broadband map showing access to wired and licensed fixed wireless access, the darker the color, the greater percentage of broadband coverage.
