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 Fairmont Sentinel reports… The cities of Bricelyn, Delavan, Elmore and Frost moved another step closer in being able to begin a broadband project to install fiber optic cable in their cities, courtesy of a grant program. Faribault County Economic … Continue reading
Rank: 82 Code: Red (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Faribault County: Needs help Faribault County is served primarily by BEVCOMM and Mediacom. They are engaged but they are still hovering at 40 percent access. One strange issue is that they … Continue reading
Faribault County Register reports… Last Tuesday morning, during their County Board meeting, the Faribault County Commissioners decided to give the Faribault County Economic Development Authority (EDA) $600,000 from the county’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds. Part … Continue reading
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 82 Code: Red 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
I’m written about neonatal care in Cambridge and Mayo Clinic but it looks like it’s spreading as Becker Hospital Review reports… Minneapolis-based Children’s Minnesota Health System will provide neonatal care delivered via telemedicine technology to six hospitals across Minnesota and Wisconsin, according … Continue reading
Faribault is not on track to meet either the 2022 or 2026 speeds goals. It looks like there was a dip in access to 100/20 after 2017; that is likely because in 2017 100/20 wireless access was included with wired. … Continue reading
Rank: 68 Code: Red (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Martin County: need more investment In 2020, Martin County saw a nice increase in coverage; somehow that has decreased in the last year. (Probably a correction; not removal of broadband.) They … Continue reading
The FCC reports… The Federal Communications Commission today announced that it is committing $125,962,023.72 in its ninth wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund program support. This round of funding will support over 270,000 students and provide funding for 340 schools, 20 … Continue reading
Rank: 32 Code: Yellow (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Freeborn County: Stalled broadband but funding on its way Freeborn County’s broadband has been stagnant since 2019. But activity is starting again. MidCo is extending fiber to parts of Dodge 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
Each year we take a look at Minnesota county rankings and create profiles to help understand which communities are having success and what aspects of that success might help set policy or be replicable in other communities. The Office 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. Faribault ranking has dipped from 44 to 60. They are one of … Continue reading
MN Broadband Task Force reviews draft of annual report The MN Broadband Task Force reviewed the latest draft of the annual report in their last meeting. They decided not to change the speed goals and talked about lowering broadband grant speed … 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
Blandin on Broadband 