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
The Ely Timber Jay reports… While emerging springtime has area residents prognosticating again about the most likely day for ice-out on Lake Vermilion, Cook residents have something else they’re looking forward to – the completion of the high-speed fiber Gigazone … Continue reading
Rank: 22 Code: Yellow (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Cook County: stalled with pretty good coverage Cook County ranks 22 for broadband access and 29 for digital equity out of 87 counties. Cook County was stalled at 94.5 percent coverage … Continue reading
The Ely Timber Jay reports… Deployment of the city of Cook’s new fiber optic high-speed broadband network is on track to be operational before winter sets in, and new projects proposed for multiple North Country areas could come next if … Continue reading
The Timberjay reports on the FCC rejection of LTD Broadband’s application for RDOF money… The Federal Communications Commission last week rejected troubled LTD Communication’s $1.3 billion application to build high-speed broadband internet networks in Minnesota and across the nation, a … Continue reading
The Timberjay reports… Faster internet may be coming to Cook sooner than anticipated, as Paul Bunyan Communications announced on Tuesday that there’s a good chance the system will be installed this fall, rather than next spring. “It looks like our … Continue reading
Rank: 16 Code: Green (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Cook County: stalled with pretty good coverage Cook County has had almost 95 percent broadband coverage at speeds of 100/20 Mbps since we started tracking progress, thanks to a federal ARRA … Continue reading
The Daily Yonder recently did a story on how well Cook County has done with beating COVID… What if I could show you a rural county where vaccination rates are leading the way, surpassing statewide trends and even beating out … Continue reading
MPR reports on how a fiber cut took down internet and phone services (landline and many mobile services) on the North Shore. Shops couldn’t accept credit cards, tourists couldn’t use credit cards or ATMs, hospitals couldn’t transfer x-rays for review … Continue reading
Here’s the latest from AT&T. I have a few very similar posts for this afternoon but for archival reasons, I’ll post the info on each community separately… New Infrastructure Will Help Advance Public Safety, Improve Connectivity for Area Residents and … Continue reading
The Ely Timberjay pulled the thread of conflict in Cook Minnesota where a MN broadband grant was impacted by federal RDOF funding plans. It’s a story we’ve seen in Le Sueur (and other areas) as well. I hope the details … Continue reading
Minneapolis Star Tribune reports… The Cook County Board on Tuesday approved a lease agreement allowing AT&T to build a tower on public land, a decision that sparked controversy among locals and visitors who prefer the region remain off the grid. … Continue reading
Every year, the Blandin Foundation does an assessment of how the Blandin Broadband Communities projects. Here’s the update from Grizzlies (Bois Forte, Cook, Orr)… North Woods School is home of the Grizzlies; and was opened in 2012 when the schools … Continue reading
A deeper dive on the Border to Border grant in City of Cook From Paul Bunyan Communications… Paul Bunyan Communications has been awarded a Border to Border Broadband Grant from the State of Minnesota to help share the costs of … Continue reading
The Minneapolis Star Tribune highlights what many new Cook County residents are loving about their new homes in the area; it’s a remote hop away from coronavirus and they have broadband… But the dealmaker for many who have recently trekked … Continue reading
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