The Fergus Falls Daily Journal reports on Otter Tail County officials visit to the MN Legislature… The Association of Minnesota Counties Legislative Conference was a successful event for Otter Tail County. Otter Tail County officials had the opportunity to meet … Continue reading
Fergus Falls Daily Journal reports… Leaders in Otter Tail County are putting together their main legislative priorities to bring to the Minnesota Legislature in St. Paul. The Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners outlined funding priorities and announced their legislative … Continue reading
The Fergus Falls Journal reports on broadband access in the area… Fortunately for Otter Tail County, there are people who are paying attention to the issue. [Rep Bud} Nornes said, “For the state, people might be surprised to know that … 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. Otter Tail broadband ranking has slipped from 82 to 87, or dead … Continue reading
The Fergus Falls Daily Journal reports… District 11 Minnesota Sen. Tony Lourey visited Fergus Falls on Tuesday afternoon to speak with local health care leaders and government officials. The fourth of 10 visits across the state, Sen. Lourey hoped to … Continue reading
In 2014, 58 percent of Otter Tail County had access to broadband. (Broadband was defined with lower speeds back then.) Now 59 percent of Otter Tail has access to broadband speeds of 25/3 (Mbps down/up) and less than 2 percent … Continue reading
The Perham Focus recently wrote about the lack of broadband in Otter Tail County… The county has some catching up to do. Currently, Otter Tail is the fourth-worst in the state when it comes to fixed, non-mobile broadband internet service … Continue reading
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. Here is how Otter Tail … 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
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
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
Stevens County is poised to meet the MN broadband speed goals for both 2022 and 2026. But they will need to make a final push for ubiquitous coverage. Percentage of Served Population by Speed and Date 2019 2018 2017 100/20 … Continue reading
Otter Tail County may be poised to meet broadband speed goals for 2022 but not for 2026. They have received several state broadband grants; one issue may be that the networks built with those grants didn’t necessarily get households to … 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
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
