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: 3 Code: Green (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Rock County: Nearly perfect Rock County ranks 3 for broadband access and 84 for digital equity out of 87 counties. They have hovered at 99 percent coverage to broadband of 100 … Continue reading
Rank: 1 Code: Green (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Rock County: Rocking it at Number One – again! In 2014, Rock County Broadband Alliance received a MN Border to Border grant to bring Fiber to the Home (FTTH) to almost … Continue reading
The Pipestone Star reports… The campground at Marilyn DeBates Park in Jasper will soon offer campers a new amenity — free wifi. The wireless internet access was made possible by a $75,000 Blandin Broadband Communities grant that Rock County received … Continue reading
Every year, the Blandin Foundation does an assessment of how the Blandin Broadband Communities projects. Here’s the update from Rock County … As of 2019, and again in 2020, Rock County is the top ranked county in Minnesota for broadband … Continue reading
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 1 Code: Green 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
The Blandin Foundation recently published an inclusive assessment of the last cohort of Blandin Broadband Communities. Including a segment on Rock County… As of 2019, Rock County is the top ranked county in Minnesota for broadband speeds meeting the state’s … Continue reading
Part of becoming a Blandin Broadband Community (BBC), is the opportunity to show off what you’ve been doing related to broadband in your community. My favorite part of the talk with Rock County is when they said they felt prepared … Continue reading
Looking at the map from the Office of Broadband Development (OBD), Rock County is green throughout, which means they are served with speeds of at least 100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up. As Superintendent Todd said, they are like Little House … 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
The top rated county in Minnesota for access to broadband speeds of 100/20, for all practical purposes, Rock County has reached the MN broadband goals for both 2022 and 2026. Percentage of Served Population by Speed and Date Rock 2019 … Continue reading
Just a reminder for folks that this conversation is happening on Wednesday. Should be a good one… Digital Ready Communities (Apr 28 noon to 1pm CST) Join us April 28 for our lunch bunch on Digital Ready Communities. As part … Continue reading
Border-to-Border Broadband Development Fund Grantee Presentations Hear about how Minnesota’s Border-to-Border Broadband Development Fund grants are impacting communities. Rock County Learn about the history behind Rock County’s border-to-border broadband as well as the projects we have been able to implement … Continue reading
Fun news for Rock County Library patrons (as found on their Facebook Page)… The Rock County Library now has wifi hotspots to check out! We have five Verizon hotspots available for Rock County library card holders 18 years or older … Continue reading
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
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