AT&T reports… Minnesota’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications with the addition of new, purpose-built FirstNet cell sites and other network enhancements. This new infrastructure is part of the FirstNet network expansion taking place across the state, … Continue reading
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 5 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 wrote about the big announcement from DEED’s Telecommuter Forward Program last week, but it’s always fun to see local communities get local recognition for their efforts. The Bemidji Pioneer reports… Beltrami County was congratulated as a telecommuter-friendly community earlier this … Continue reading
Good news from Paul Bunyan… Paul Bunyan Communications is expanding its all-fiber optic network to parts of Southeast Beltrami County in the Pennington area this year and recently was awarded a Border to Border Broadband Grant from the state of … Continue reading
Beltrami County is poised to meet the MN speed goals for both 2022 and 2026. In fact, they have been celebrating their first place ranking (for access to Gig speeds) since the latest maps came out in summer of 2019. … Continue reading
Late last month, Paul Bunyan posted a press release on Beltrami County having the best broadband in the state. It looks like the Bemidji Pioneer is elaborating… When it comes to broadband internet access in Minnesota, Beltrami County is No. … Continue reading
Paul Bunyan just posted a press release about the awesome connectivity in Beltrami County. Glad for Beltrami, but I also like the idea of a provider or community marketing themselves with a press release on their broadband… Minnesota’s Department of … 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. When last we checked, Beltrami was ranked number 6 for broadband access … Continue reading
Beltrami County is more than 99 percent served both at current (25/3) (Mbps down/up) and future (100/20) state speed goals. Paul Bunyan and Arvig are two independent providers that serve portions of the county. Paul Bunyan has been aggressively expanding … Continue reading
In November, Connect Minnesota released their final report on broadband availability. Here is how Beltrami County stacked up: Household Density: 5.5 Number of Households: 16,846 Percentage serviced (without mobile): 98.46% Percentage serviced (with mobile): 98.46% Beltrami County is close to … Continue reading
MN Legislature looks at funds for Broadband Grants The House has a bill to fund the Border to Border grants at $120 million for the biennium. The Senate has three bills related to broadband funding: one for $120 million for … Continue reading
Literacy Minnesota recent release a statewide report on digital equity needs (by county). The report looks at three questions: What counties have high digital access, economic, education and English language learning needs? How have organizations adapted to the pandemic and … Continue reading
Fun news and congrats to Bemidji and Paul Bunyan… Paul Bunyan Communications™ has built one of the largest all-fiber optic rural gigabit networks in the country, the GigaZone™ and Beltrami County is ranked #1 in the state of Minnesota for … Continue reading
The Bemidji Pioneer reports on a new telework program called 218 Relocate… On Monday, a new local program was launched to encourage workers to make their home in Bemidji. The initiative, titled 218 Relocate, is a relocation incentive program created … Continue reading
The FCC has just released the latest edition of the Annual Broadband Deployment Report… The Federal Communications Commission today released its annual Broadband Deployment Report, which shows that significant progress has been made to bridge the digital divide. For example, … Continue reading
