Waseca County is not poised to meet the broadband goals for either 2022 or 2026. Percentage of Served Population by Speed and Date 2019 2018 2017 100/20 (2026 goal) 75.20 75.06 98.75 25/3 (2022 goal) 82.19 75.30 98.75 It’s difficult … 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. Waseca County Broadband ranking has dipped from 3 to 25. It looks … Continue reading
In 2014, 99 percent of Waseca County had access to broadband. (Broadband was defined with lower speeds back then.) Today 99 percent of the county has access to broadband speeds of 25/3 (Mbps down/up) and 99 percent has access to the 2026 speed … Continue reading
Fun to see a community excited about a broadband appointment. Waseca County News reports… Mediacom Senior Manager and Waseca resident Theresa Sunde has been appointed by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to serve a four-year term … 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
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
The Office of Broadband Development maps and county data are out! I am looking a percentage covered at various speeds, comparing county speeds and ranking for 25/3 speeds and comparing 100/20 rates and ranking (below). I’m doing this in three … Continue reading
The Office of Broadband Development maps and county data are out! I am looking a percentage covered at various speeds, comparing 100/20 rates and ranking and (here) comparing county speeds and ranking for 25/3 speeds. I’m doing this in three … Continue reading
In preparation for the 2018 Broadband Conference I have compiled the annual county profiles. For ranking I am using percentage of wired access to speeds of 100 Mbps up and 20 Mbps down – or the state speed goal for … 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. Nicollet is another county where we see a big dip in ranking … Continue reading
In preparation for the 2018 Broadband Conference I have compiled the annual county profiles. For ranking I am using percentage of wired access to speeds of 100 Mbps up and 20 Mbps down – or the state speed goal for … Continue reading
I’m starting to work on County Broadband Profiles and in the process, I found a map that highlights percentage of households served by wireline service as defined by at least 100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up by county. So … Continue reading
The FCC just released a list of counties they have deemed competitive and not- competitive. Because it’s shorter I’ll start with MN counties deemed non-competitive: 27001 MN Aitkin County 27013 MN Blue Earth County 27043 MN Faribault County 27085 MN … Continue reading
For the past few weeks I have been posting broadband profiles of each county – all 87 of them! I used data from the Office of Broadband Development, based on surveys from July 2016, tracking each counties access to broadband … Continue reading
