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
Rank: 87 Code: Red (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Kanabec County: ranking last due to barriers Kanabec County ranks 87 for broadband access and 87 for digital equity out of 87 counties. Kanabec remains at the bottom of the ranking … Continue reading
Kanabec Times reports… A month after deciding to officially get into the broadband business, East Central Energy has learned it will get financial assistance to aid in those efforts. That assistance comes in the form of three Minnesota Border-to-Border Broadband … Continue reading
Rank: 87 Code: Red (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Kanabec County: ranking last due to barriers In October I was in a meeting with folks from Kanabec County and just last month in the MN Broadband Task Force, because they … Continue reading
The Isanti-Chisago Country Star gives an update on East Central Energy’s journey to providing better broadband to residents within ECE’s electricity service area, which includes around 65,000 members over 14 counties, including Isanti, Chisago, Kanabec, and Pine Counties. Here’s an … Continue reading
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 87 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
Later this year, I’ll be writing broadband county profiles based on the upcoming mapping. Today I wanted to share ranking for maps created over the summer. I am looking at how counties rank for percentage of households with access to … Continue reading
Looking at the map from the Office of Broadband Development (OBD), you can see that outside of the town of Mora, Kanabec is awash in pink (unserved) and purple (underserved). And talking to two people who live in town (served) and work … Continue reading
From U of M Extension… Greater Minnesota residents with an idea to strengthen their community can now apply for partnership support from the University of Minnesota Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships (RSDP). RSDP supports local innovation by connecting community ideas … Continue reading
Today the MN Broadband Task Force heard from folks who work to help families and children get and use the technology they need – especially in these times of distance and hybrid learning. They also heard from folks involved with … 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
Last week, I looked at how Minnesota Counties ranked for access to 100 Mbps down and 20 up, which is the state speed goal for 2026. Today I wanted to look at ranking for access to gig access. I’m always … Continue reading
I am working on the final version of the annual Minnesota Broadband County Profiles. I wanted to warn folks who get email updates, that you’ll be getting a lot of emails in the next day or so. I’ll try to … Continue reading
Kanabec County is not on track to meet state broadband speed goals for either 2022 or 2026. They are at the bottom of the ranking and limited progress has been made in the last few years. Percentage of Served Population … Continue reading
The 2021 MN County broadband maps are up on the Office of Broadband Development websites, showing percentage of each county with (and without) broadband access. Now I’m looking at the maps that reflects county access to wirelines broadband at speeds of 100 … Continue reading
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