Cass County seems unlikely to meet either the 2022 or 2026 broadband speed goals. They’ve seen improvement each year, but it’s incremental at best. Percentage of Served Population by Speed and Date Cass 2019 2018 2017 100/20 (2026 goal) 51.61 … 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. Cass County’s ranking has dropped from 61 to 70. They gained 10 … Continue reading
Good news for areas of Cass Lake and Leech Lake Reservation from Paul Bunyan… (Bemidji, MN) (September 4, 2018) – Areas of the Leech Lake reservation and Cass Lake served by Paul Bunyan Communications now have access to Gigabit Internet … Continue reading
Currently 66 percent of Cass County has access to broadband at speeds of 25/3 (Mbps down/up). That isn’t good but it’s better than it was and it seems like it will get better – through state funding. In 2014, Cass … Continue reading
More details on the Crow Wing and Cass Counties broadband project from Telecompetitor… TDS Telecom (TDS) announced last week it would receive $3 million in Minnesota Dept. of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) funds and invest another $3 million to … Continue reading
Almost $20 million in state grants have gone to 17 communities in Minnesota to expand broadband and make the case to legislators (and the general public) that such investments are wise and have a valuable Return on Investment. I wanted … Continue reading
For the upcoming weeks I’m working on a County-by-County look at the State of Broadband in MN. My hope is to feature a county a day (in alphabetical order). In November, Connect Minnesota released their final report on broadband availability. … Continue reading
TDS recently announced that they have completed their ARRA funded project, which included improved broadband in Cass and Crow counties… TDS Telecom has completed its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus-funded broadband internet projects in parts of Michigan and … Continue reading
An abbreviated press release; I’m just pulling out the broadband related appointees… Notice of Appointments by Governor Dayton Today Governor Mark Dayton announced the following appointments to the Board of Psychology, the Governor’s Task Force on Broadband, and the Minnesota … 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
Todd County is not poised to meet the MN state speed goals for either 2022 or 2026. Percentage of Served Population by Speed and Date 2019 2018 2017 100/20 (2026 goal) 38.68 17.58 2.86 25/3 (2022 goal) 71.91 67.96 46.01 … Continue reading
Morrison County is not poised to make the state speed goals for 2022 or 2026 but they recently saw an increase in access. If they can build on that momentum, they will come closer to the goals. Percentage of Served … 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
