It’s fun to see the Timberjay write about the MN Broadband County Profiles…
St. Louis County is falling behind in the deployment of high-speed broadband, tumbling down the rankings of Minnesota counties based on recent data from the Minnesota Office of Broadband Development, or OBD.
Ann Treacy tracks broadband development initiatives for the Blandin Foundation in her regular “Blandin on Broadband” email updates, and her recent analysis reveals the challenges facing residents in the state’s geographically largest county when it comes to getting high-speed broadband internet access.
The currently accepted baseline for high-speed broadband is 100 megabits per second download and 20 megabits per second upload, and OBD has a goal of reaching full access to these speeds statewide by 2026.
That target appears to be a tall order for St. Louis County, however, according to Treacy’s analysis. OBD estimates that 23,734 households of the county’s 88,360 residential locations are without wired 100/20mbps service, ranking 68th in the state, a drop of 11 places from last year’s rankings.
St. Louis co is horrible in. Broadband with no good initiative for change. The State is also poor as we will not reach the goals set in the legislation of 2010. Everyone looks at the goals set for 2026 but conveniently forget the legislation of 2010. There are many homes in my area of St.Louis Co. that can only get dial up speeds. The Governors task force is only there to placate. It is not attacking the real problems. Mn. Is last in high school classes devoted to computer sciences. What a tragedy.
I do remember the original speed goals – “speed goal was set for all homes and businesses to have access to. 10-20 Mbps download by 5-10 Mbps upload by the year 2015.”