Redwood Falls County is not poised the to meet the state broadband goals for 2022 or 2026. They might be able to get some ideas back from a feasibility study they did in 2013 – work with partners and find … 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. Redwood County broadband ranking has slipped from 60 to 72. In 2017, … Continue reading
From Blandin Foundation’s recent assessment of the Blandin Community Broadband Program – the highlights from Redwood County… Redwood County struggles with broadband access issues, ranking 81 of 87 Minnesota counties when it comes to reaching the state broadband speed goal … Continue reading
In 2014, 63 percent of Redwood County had access to broadband. (Broadband was defined with lower speeds back then.) Today 41 percent of the county has access to broadband speeds of 25/3 (Mbps down/up) and 34 percent have access to the … Continue reading
Pleased to share a letter to the editor of Redwood Gazette from Blandin President and CEO Kathy Annette… Recently, a team from Blandin Foundation was in Redwood Falls to celebrate the wrap-up of our partnership with Nobles County in the Blandin Broadband … Continue reading
Today they visited with the folks in Redwood County to hear about their Blandin Broadband Community projects. Redwood County is still struggling with broadband issues. They have a feasibility study and have recently completed a market survey so they are … Continue reading
I’m pleased to share an update from Redwood County on what’s happening with Broadband in their area, based on Redwood Area Development Corporation email newsletter… Through the efforts of the Redwood County Broadband Steering Committee and the Blandin Foundation, we … Continue reading
Thanks to Karl Samp for updates on what’s happening with Redwood County. Karl has been working with Redwood County as part of their participation in the Blandin Broadband Communities program… The Redwood Area Hospital project is moving along nicely. All partner agreements … Continue reading
Redwood County is hosting an open house on February 9 (3-6 pm) at the Redwood County Technology Training Lab. Part of the event is a celebration of all of the Redwood Connects events that have been happening in the area … Continue reading
Thanks to Karl Samp for the update on BBC community Redwood County… Redwood County– Continues to meet (there have usually been 5 or 6 at most meetings) regularly. They had two projects ($23,400) in the early round so they have … Continue reading
The Redwood Area Development Corporation (RADC) just posted their recent feasibility study. There are similarities in the RADC report and others we have seen – specifically residents in town have better access to broadband than residents in small communities or … Continue reading
Redwood County has been looking into broadband for a while. They have been building local demand with local training on how to better use broadband through a MIRC partnership with MNREM (Minnesota Renewable Energy Marketplace). The training includes webinars, classroom training through University … Continue reading
We’ve been tracking the progress of Redwood County as they look at broadband for their community. As you may recall, they were less than happy with their ranking in the Connect Minnesota broadband mapping and ranking as they were shown … Continue reading
Thanks to John Shepard for sending me a great editorial from the Redwood Gazette (September 6, 2011 – it doesn’t appear to be available online). The Redwood County EDA has been having public meetings and spurring discussion about broadband. In … Continue reading
I was happy to hear from Brent Legg at Connected Nation about updated broadband maps for Redwood County. At our first countywide broadband meeting, I showed the maps to a large group of providers and community leaders. Having the maps … Continue reading
