Rank: 1
Code: Green
(See Blandin Foundation interactive map)
Lincoln County – winning ubiquitous coverage
Lincoln County shares top ranking with Red lake and Rock Counties with ubiquitous coverage to broadband at speeds of 100 Mbps down and 20 up.
| County | Residential Location Density | number of residential locations | ≥ 100 Mbps Download/20 Mbps Upload Speeds | unserved households | Cost to close gap |
| Lincoln | 5.6 | 3,060 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
In 2021, ITC announced a fiber-optic expansion to the City of Ivanhoe in Lincoln County. Along with ITC’s investment in the fiber-optic expansion, this project is funded by the City of Ivanhoe and Lincoln County. And they have been working on improving digital equity with help from the Blandin Foundation.
They continue to earn their green ranking. They’d get gold if we had it!
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
| 100/20 (2026 goal) | 100 | 99.99 | 99.03 | 40.42 | 39.21 | 39.21 | 40 |
| 25/3 (2022 goal) | 100 | 99.99 | 99.33 | 60.91 | 59.7 | 53.44 | 54.27 |
Grants:
- 2015 – MVTV Wireless Middle Mile – Grant award: $808,080
- 2014 – Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative (ITC), Hendricks Town FTTP – Award: $700,000.
Find more articles on broadband in Lincoln County (http://tinyurl.com/jxqwlab)
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.
