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
Big news for Big Falls… The GigaZone has come to Big Falls! As a result of continued upgrades to the cooperative’s all-fiber optic network, members in Big Falls now have access to GigaZone services including Internet speeds up to a … Continue reading
The regularly scheduled eNews has been slightly changed this month, because we have posted the annual MN County Broadband Profiles. We take a look at the top counties, the bottom counties and everything in between – and if you want … Continue reading
Last week I posted MN Broadband Profiles for each county. Today I want to dig into the those reports to see if we can find some trends in the top counties. Here we’ll look at the top ranked MN Counties … Continue reading
Goodhue County has a way to go to meet the 2022 or 2026 state speed goals. They have good broadband – in that everyone who has access appears to have access to speeds of 100/20 but only 80 percent of … Continue reading
Crow Wing County looks like they could meet the speeds goals with some concerted effort. Actually the 2026 goal seems more likely than 2022. What is inspiring is the progress they have made since last year – from 42 percent … 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 These are more aggressive than federal standards; the Minnesota Broadband Task Force suggested … Continue reading
OK sixth community visit in two days on my stint following Senator Klobuchar’s staff as they talk about broadband, infrastructure and housing – mission accomplished. Again there were about two dozen people in the room. Lots of County/ City staff, … 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 These are more aggressive than federal standards; the Minnesota Broadband Task Force suggested … Continue reading
Oct 8-10 – MN Fall BB Conference – Innovation: Putting Broadband to Work This three-day conference at the beautiful Grand View Lodge in Nisswa, MN will offer learning and engagement on many aspects of the challenges and benefits of broadband … Continue reading
