Rank: 12 Code: Green (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Anoka County’s standing as metro county helps draw providers As a fairly (but not entirely) metro county, it is easier for providers to make a business case to serve Anoka. They … Continue reading
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 9 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
I’ve been looping back with counties to see how things are going. Great to get an update from Anoka County… Anoka County Regional Economic Development is currently participating in the Blandin Foundation’s Community Broadband Resources program to receive technical assistance … Continue reading
Anoka County is poised to make both the 2022 and 2026 speed goals with just a little effort. Percentage of Served Population by Speed and Date Anoka 2019 2018 2017 100/20 (2026 goal) 97.47 97.86 96.1 25/3 (2022 goal) 98.8 … Continue reading
From the Libraries without Borders newsletter… In July 2021, we transformed the storm shelter in the Park Plaza Cooperative into a 21st-century library equipped with books and technology. By working closely with residents, we designed a community space for people … 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
An event from Minnesota Literacy… TEQuity Forum: Digital Equity Perspectives from Community Members Date: Thursday, April 28, 2022 Time: 6 – 8 p.m. Central Daylight Time (Not sure what time this is in your time zone? Use an online time zone converter. Make sure to … Continue reading
I just left a very full room at Park Plaza Cooperative, a resident-owned manufactured home community in Fridley, where they were discussing what they’d like to see in the community for library services. The meeting included Libraries without Boundaries, Department of … 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
The FCC reports… The Federal Communications Commission today announced that it is committing $125,962,023.72 in its ninth wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund program support. This round of funding will support over 270,000 students and provide funding for 340 schools, 20 … 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. Last year Anoka was ranked number #7 for broadband access; this year … Continue reading
From Muninetworks (Institute for Local Self Reliance) on their latest report – featuring Minnesota communities… Our new report, Minnesota Broadband: Land of 10,000 Connectivity Solutions [pdf], showcases the diverse range of approaches communities and local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have taken to … Continue reading
I was working on something completely different – when I had to find broadband adoption rates in Minnesota. The best I could find was access in the Census. The good news is that the numbers appear to be pretty recent … Continue reading
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports on a project involving Libraries without Borders and Park Plaza Cooperative, a community of manufactured homes. I wrote about the project last October (2020); it’s fun to see that they are able this year to … 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
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