Rank: 66 Code: Red (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Cottonwood County: Served in the town, stagnant outside Windom, the county seat of Cottonwood County, has had an enviable municipal broadband network since 2004. Folks in Windom are well served. But … Continue reading
The Worthington Globe reports… Senator Klobuchar met with representatives from Nobles, Cottonwood, Watonwan, and Brown County to get updates on their communities and hear about their infrastructure needs. Broadband was a priority… Among the key issues discussed during the meeting … Continue reading
The Worthington Globe reports… Federated Rural Electric’s Board of Directors approved the acquisition of Back 40 Wireless on Nov. 30. Back 40 Wireless is a wireless internet company currently owned by Troy Rasmussen doing business from downtown Jackson. The transfer … Continue reading
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 62 Code: Red 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
Cottonwood County is not poised to meet the 2022 or 2026 MN state speed goals. Prior to 2018 they made great progress toward the 2026 goal, but they have seen little progress since then. Percentage of Served Population by Speed … Continue reading
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. Cottonwood County went from ranking 73rd to 38! That’s awesome. You can … Continue reading
Minnesota Broadband Rankings are out! The Office of Broadband Development released the county broadband maps and numbers; the data was collected by October 2021. Get details: 2021 MN County Ranking at speeds of 25/3 2021 MN County Ranking at speeds of 100/20 2021 … 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 reflect county access to wirelines broadband at speeds of 25 Mbps … Continue reading
National Association of Counties (NACo) reports… the State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds legislation, part of the American Rescue Plan Act, was signed into law by President Biden on March 11. The bill includes $65.1 billion in direct, flexible aid … 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
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
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
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
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
There were about a dozen people at the meeting in Windom on Dec 17, in part because the meeting in Mankato went so well that they decided not to have a double header. The conversation extends beyond broadband. I only … Continue reading
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