Rank: 43 Code: Yellow (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Pipestone County: stagnant at 80 percent Pipestone County was a big leap in access in 2018. Since then, they have been stagnant. Projected allocation of American Recovery Project ARP funds in … Continue reading
The Pipestone Star reports… Pipestone County has received $886,309.50 from the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed into law by Pres. Biden earlier this year. That’s half of the $1,772,619 the county … Continue reading
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 37 Code: Yellow 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
Pipestone Star reports… CenturyLink has been installing fiber-optic cable around the city of Pipestone as part of a broadband upgrade that includes the installation of 25 fiber nodes throughout the community. Some of those nodes have already been turned up. … Continue reading
Pipestone County could meet the broadband speed goals for both 2022 and 2026 with a concerted effort. The numbers aren’t too far from reality; the impact of Vast Broadband may make a big difference. If that impact isn’t great, they … Continue reading
The Pipestone Star reports… An estimated 135 Pipestone County households that did not previously have access to broadband internet now do following the completion of a nearly $1 million project by Woodstock Communications. The project included the installation of about … 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. Pipestone County broadband ranking has improved from 51 to 22. All of … Continue reading
The Pipestone County Star reports… Fiber optic cable is going in the ground between Edgerton and a communications tower northeast of Trosky as part of Woodstock Communications’ effort to expand internet service in the county. The tower near Trosky is … Continue reading
With funding from the Blandin Foundation, Pipestone County worked with Finley Engineering and CCG Consulting on a study that would look at if and how the county might take on bringing better broadband to all corners of the county. Here’s … Continue reading
The Pipestone Star posted about Senator Klobuchar’s recent visit to Pipestone, where broadband came up… “In a rural setting as a physician you feel like you’re on an island and don’t have the resources available and with our telecommunications system, … Continue reading
The Pipestone County Star reports on Minnesota Broadband grant awarded in their area… Woodstock Communications has been awarded a $363,851 Border-to-Border Broadband Grant from the state of Minnesota to pay for a portion of the cost to bring high speed … Continue reading
The Pipestone County Star reports… The most viable way to provide broadband internet service to under-served parts of Pipestone County is with a wireless system, and even that is not feasible without a grant. Those were the findings of a … Continue reading
It looks Woodstock Communications is interested in applying for a Minnesota broadband grant in Pipestone Stone. They are asking folks in rural Pipestone if they are interested in better broadband service. And similar to the survey I recently posted from … Continue reading
We’re getting the regional study report from all angle – but I think it’s helpful to get the varied points of views. Today from the Pipestone County Star… Pipestone County will participate in a multi-county study to find out what … Continue reading
In 2014, less than 57 percent of Pipestone County had access to broadband. (Broadband was defined with lower speeds back then.) Today 79 percent of the county has access to broadband speeds of 25/3 (Mbps down/up) but only 44 percent have … Continue reading
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