Rank: 12 Code: Green (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Big Stone County: rank 12 and stuck on a plateau Big Stone County ranks 12 for broadband access and 63 for digital equity out of 87 counties. They have hovered around … Continue reading
Every year, the Blandin on Broadband blog does County Broadband Profiles (and will do again when the new maps come out) but given federal opportunities are making it possible to get funding for access and adoption, I thought I’d try … Continue reading
Rank: 9 Code: Green (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Big Stone County: rank 9 but stalled In 2018, after partnering with Federated Telephone Cooperative on a successful MN Border to Border grant, Big Stone County moved to top 10 ranking … Continue reading
Every year Blandin updates a list of Blandin-funded projects. It’s a fun list if you’re trying to brainstorm ideas for your own community. Here’s an abridged list: Austin Area – Focus Groups with Traditionally Underrepresented Populations – Better understand the … Continue reading
Last week the BBC (Blandin Broadband Communities) final cohort met to catch up with what was happening in each community. Here’s a very high level list of what happening: Big Stone has smart rooms and training through PioneerTV. The are … Continue reading
FCC Mapping’s short window for location challenges The FCC unveiled their broadband maps and speed test. They will influence BEAD funding made available to each state; therefore it’s important that the information be correct. However, there are concerns with veracity; … Continue reading
A week (or so) ago, I mentioned Microsoft’s searchable digital equity maps. They track how people are access the Microsoft resources and combine that with demographic data from various sources. In the past I have used Office of Broadband Development … Continue reading
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 7 Code: Green Annually, Blandin Foundation pulls together data from the Minnesota Office of Broadband Development and broadband news to gauge progress toward the state broadband goals (25 megabits per second download/3 Mbps upload … Continue reading
The Swift County Monitor News editor looks at What Biden Should Do For Rural America. They are based off recommendations of professors Lisa R. Pruit of California, Jessica A. Shoemaker of Nebraska, and Ann Eisenberg of the South Carolina, with a few … Continue reading
The 2021 MN County broadband maps are up on the Office of Broadband Development websites, showing percentage of each county with (and without) broadband access. Now I’m looking at the maps that reflects county access to wirelines broadband at speeds of 100 … Continue reading
The Office of Broadband Development has released the county broadband maps and numbers; the data was collected by October 2021. For archival reasons, I’ll do three different posting looking at: 2021 MN County Ranking at speeds of 25/3 2021 MN County … Continue reading
UMVRDC surveys Local Units of Government every year. They ask a number of questions to help list the most important topics needing attention. Between 2019 and 2020 broadband went from number 4 on the list to number 2! The Upper … Continue reading
Happy New Year! We are interrupting our usual eNews with links to the annual Minnesota Broadband Profiles (and a few related sites). But before we do there are just a few opportunities we wanted to highlight: EVENT: Jan 25: Internet … Continue reading
Every year, the Blandin on Broadband blog does County Broadband Profiles (and will do again when the new maps come out) but given federal opportunities are making it possible to get funding for access and adoption, I thought I’d try … Continue reading
Minnesota has two broadband speed goals: Ubiquitous access to speeds of 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up (25/3) by 2022 Ubiquitous access to 100/20 by 2026 Using maps and data from the Office of Broadband Development and stories collected … Continue reading
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