Rank: 6 Code: Green (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Beltrami County well served thanks to Paul Bunyan Beltrami has seen no improvement in service in the last year, but they were already better than 99 percent covered. Beltrami is the … 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
MinnPost reports… A group of northern Minnesota counties, cities, towns and school districts are now on the hook for a massive bill from Enbridge Energy after a long-running court saga over the oil and gas company’s property taxes was largely … 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
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 Bemidji Pioneer reports… On the subject of funding, Klobuchar said she’s returning to Washington D.C. next week for the start of discussions on an infrastructure package. According to the White House’s website, President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan calls for $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
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
Code: Green Population: 1757 (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Red Lake Reservation has almost ubiquitous access to 100 Mbps down and 20 up. Access to Fixed, Non-Mobile Broadband Name %Broadband (25/3) 2021 %Broadband (25/3) 2019 %Broadband (100/20) 2021 %Broadband (100/20) 2019 … Continue reading
Blandin on Broadband 