Rank: 35
Code: Green
(See Blandin Foundation interactive map)
| County | 25/3 (% covered) |
25/3 rank | 100/20 (% covered) |
100/20 rank | Gig (% covered) |
Gig rank |
| Traverse | 90.05 | 44 | 89.81 | 35 | 89.81 | 11 |
Traverse County: a nice increase this year
Traverse County ranks 35 (up 17 points) for broadband access out of 87 counties. I don’t hear much about what’s going on there. But broadband in Traverse County has been increasing at a good clip in the last three years. So much, they have earned a green ranking.
- Over the years, Traverse County (or cities within) has invested $19,490 (total) for matches for 1 successful MN Broadband grant. This is an indicator of local government that is engaged and (literally) invested in better, local broadband.
- Traverse County will not benefit from a 2024 MN Broadband grant.
- Traverse County will not benefit from any line extension awards.
- Last years’ estimates indicated that it would cost $3 million to get ubiquitous broadband in the county. (I haven’t updated the number because recent report offers scenarios of costs based on BEAD funding rules that make current estimates less predictable than in the past. Yet, I think the number is still helpful.)
- In 2022, Traverse ranked 71 using Microsoft’s Digital Equity Tool, which looks at various factors of a community.
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
| 100/20 (2026 goal) | 89.81 | 80 | 67.5 | 50.97 | 50.97 | 49.39 | 45.62 | 45.37 |
| 25/3 (2022 goal) | 90.05 | 80.55 | 71.12 | 67.87 | 67.25 | 67.25 | 66.14 | 45.37 |
Grants
- 2022: Runestone Telephone Association – Herman-Dumont – GRANT $2,493,637
Find more articles on broadband in Traverse County (http://tinyurl.com/gmvojv8)
The maps below on the left comes from the Office of Broadband Development interactive map, reflecting data updated on December 16, 2024. Red dots represent locations unserved locations. Above I have tracked wireline access because that is the Minnesota definition of broadband. The info below includes wired and wireless. BEAD includes fixed wireless connections as served locations. (I wrote more on the distinction between the two last year, which may be if interest in the numbers range greatly for your county.)
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)