Bluff Country News reports… MiBroadband has launched high-speed internet in the areas of Fountain, Peterson and Spring Valley, the culmination of a project that started about one year ago. Mabel Cooperative Telephone Company, MiEnergy Cooperative and Spring Grove Communications revealed … Continue reading
Fillmore County is not poised to meet either the 2022 or 2026 state speed goals. Their improvements over the years have been very incremental and not at pace with other counties. Percentage of Served Population by Speed and Date Fillmore … Continue reading
Bluff Country News reports… Mediacom Communications announced it has built more than seven miles of fiber optic cable connecting the homes and businesses of Fountain to its Fillmore County broadband network. By mid-December, Mediacom will activate the new portion of its … 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. Fillmore County has gone from ranking 52 to 58. Unfortunately they had … Continue reading
I’m not sure it’s entirely accurate to say that Senator Miller acquired the funding – but it’s helpful to know that the Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus is framing it that way… Two communications and internet service providers in Fillmore County … Continue reading
The Bluff County Newspaper reports on Lanesboro’s MN broadband grant project… This event celebrated work that has already begun to tunnel cable to 431 households, 42 businesses and one community institution in rural Lanesboro as part of the Minnesota State … Continue reading
According to the Fillmore County Journal… In support of the [Minnesota Border to Border broadband] grant applications to rural Lanesboro and rural Rushford, the county board agreed to provide $75,000 to support each application. This day the board formalized the … Continue reading
Fillmore County broadband status is slipping. In 2014, 69 percent of the county had access to broadband (broadband was defined with slower speeds); now 59 percent of the county has access to broadband as speeds of 25/3 (Mbps down/up) and … Continue reading
Here’s an update on the Border to Border grant in Fillmore County from Bluff Country Reader… In less than 24 months, approximately 475 more homes, businesses and a government building will be included in Acentek’s high-speed internet system. It was … Continue reading
I wrote about the community broadband meeting in Fillmore County last week. I see that it also made the Fillmore County Journal. Much of the information we covered was similar. It was interesting to see the explanation of unserved areas… … Continue reading
Yesterday I joined 30-40 people at a public meeting in Preston MN to talk about broadband. Presenting were folks from CEDA (Community and Economic Development Associates), AcenTek (local fiber provider) and the Institute for Local Self Reliance. They talked about … Continue reading
While most of the Minnesota local papers I’ve seen support greater investment, the Fillmore County Journal is saying forget broadband… There’s been a lot of chatter about how our Internet speeds are too slow in greater Minnesota. Without a doubt, … 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
People need better broadband Inc Magazine recently reported that entrepreneurs need better broadband. https://wp.me/p3if7-5DB While the Chronilce of High Education reports that students need broadband too. https://wp.me/p3if7-5Dv State Policy Issues Michelle Lee is running to represent District 11 with an … Continue reading
Bluff Country News reports… MiEnergy Cooperative hosted two field hearings in Rushford on Oct. 3 as part of the Minnesota House of Representatives three-day mini session in southeastern Minnesota. The cooperative provided testimony on disaster relief and broadband funding for … Continue reading
