Looking at the numbers, Le Sueur is not poised to meet the state broadband speed goals for 2022 or 2026. But looking at recent activity in the county, I’m tempted to bump them up to code yellow, or maybe create … Continue reading
Le Sueur County News reports… High speed internet access may soon be available in Derrynane and parts of Lexington, Lanesburgh and Montgomery townships, but it’s no guarantee just yet. At an Aug. 27 board meeting, Le Sueur County Board of … Continue reading
Le Sueur County News reports… Le Sueur County Commissioners met with several cable providers July 16 to explore the possibility of installing fiber optic cable across the county to reach under-served rural areas. The internet service provider Bevcomm expressed interest … Continue reading
Le Sueur County News posts a letter to the editor from Barbara Dröher Kline… Last year, while meeting residents of Minnesota House District 20A as a candidate, I heard numerous complaints about access to high speed broadband. Also during the … 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. Le Sueur broadband ranking has dropped from 16 to 31 but there … Continue reading
Le Sueur is well served with 90 percent having access to broadband speeds of 25/3 (Mbps down/up) and 83 percent having access to 100/20. And their situation may get even better. Eckles Telephone will receive $188,000 to serve 51 unserved … Continue reading
According to Le Center Leader… Increasing broadband speeds in rural Minnesota is a high priority for both Le Sueur County residents and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar. Klobuchar touted broadband investment and other issues facing rural Minnesotans at the Le Sueur … Continue reading
According to Le Center Leader… A new round of state grants could extend broadband to thousands of businesses and households throughout areas of rural Minnesota, including a portion of Le Sueur County, that now are without reliable internet access… In … Continue reading
Like many other rural news sources, Le Sueur News Herald has recently posted an article on the proposed cuts to broadband budget in the House. BUT they really went through what the cuts could mean to the community of Le … 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 Le Sueur … Continue reading
Moving from talk to action is challenging for rural broadband initiatives. The process can be chaotic as partnership and financial arrangements are negotiated between local governments and prospective providers, often up against grant requirements and deadlines. Learn from the experiences … 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
Faribault is not on track to meet either the 2022 or 2026 speeds goals. It looks like there was a dip in access to 100/20 after 2017; that is likely because in 2017 100/20 wireless access was included with wired. … 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
