After posting the MN County Digital Equity Profiles earlier this week, Randy Lehs was generous enough to send me an update on what’s going on in Carver County. It will help hugely with the Broadband County Profiles in a couple of … Continue reading
Every year, the Blandin on Broadband blog does County Broadband Profiles (and will do again when the new maps come out) but given federal opportunities are making it possible to get funding for access and adoption, I thought I’d try … Continue reading
SW News Media reports… In the midst of conversations about broadband funding at every level of government, Carver County officials are weighing their options as they move toward their goal of becoming the first county in Minnesota to have fiber … Continue reading
Rank: 19 Code: Green (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Carver County: Needs a push to get ubiquitous broadband Carver County ranks 19 for broadband access and 2 for digital equity out of 87 counties. They have ranked well for years … Continue reading
Carver County is asking local residents to check their addresses on FCC map… Carver County residents lacking access to high-speed internet service need to check the accuracy of Federal Communications Commission maps to ensure future Federal funding of broadband projects … Continue reading
Carver County Commissioner Matt Uderman asks his neighbors to think about FTTH (via SW News Media)… What if Carver County was the first county in Minnesota with 100% fiber broadband? Nearly 15% of America (as of 2018), and an estimated … Continue reading
Rank: 25 Code: Yellow (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Carver County: Needs a push to get ubiquitous broadband Carver County has seen only incremental improvement in broadband coverage since we have been keeping track. In 2013, they got American Recovery … Continue reading
Telecompetitor reports… MetroNet today announced plans to bring symmetrical gigabit-speed internet service to Chanhassen’s homes and businesses. When complete, Chanhassen will become a Gigabit City, making ultra-high-speed internet service delivered through fiber optic connections available to a majority of Chanhassen … Continue reading
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 20 Code: Yellow 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
Internet for All Conference The Office of Broadband Development hosted a daylong conference to get folks on the same page for preparing for federal funding for infrastructure and digital equity. They also followed up with opportunities to get more involved. … Continue reading
How much is broadband worth? Depends who you ask. Two recent surveys show vastly different results. Some surveys say $70 monthly while others say $10 monthly. Check out your county ranking Minnesota maps show where fiber is and where it isn’t. See … 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
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 USDA reports… U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Department is investing $2.7 billion to help 64 electric cooperatives and utilities (PDF, 175 KB) expand and modernize the nation’s rural electric grid and increase grid security. The … Continue reading
Carver County is a fairly metro county so the market will take care of most of the county but they will need help in areas with lower population density. It seems likely that they will meet the 2022 speed goals; … Continue reading
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