Always happy to share an update on more Minnesotans getting broadband. Here’s the latest map showing where Arvig will install fiber to customers – specifically the area that is red and inside the yellow boundary lines. The two towns will not … Continue reading
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 85 Code: Red 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
I’ve been looping back with counties to see how things are going with local broadband. Yellow Medicine County had a whole PowerPoint presentation to share. As you may recall, Yellow Medicine was ranked 78 out of 87 for ubiquitous access … Continue reading
I wrote earlier about the $28.5 million coming from the FCC to Minnesota for broadband. BUT I want to follow up with any specific info related to providers or areas getting the funding. The West Central Tribune reports… Internet provider … Continue reading
The Marshall Independent reports… At Tuesday’s meeting, the board also voiced support for a stepped up effort to expand broadband Internet service to rural counties. Yellow Medicine County ranks near the bottom of the list among Minnesota counties for access … 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. Yellow Medicine broadband ranking bumped up from 71 to 69. Earlier this … Continue reading
With funding from the Blandin Foundation, Yellow Medicine 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. … Continue reading
Government Technology reports on the prospective cost of better broadband in Yellow Medicine County (MN)… A newly completed study looking at bringing broadband service to rural areas of the county calculates that it will cost $20 million to $22 million … Continue reading
In 2014, 26 percent of Yellow Medicine County had access to broadband. (Broadband was defined with lower speeds back then.) Today 82 percent of the county has access to broadband speeds of 25/3 (Mbps down/up) and 29 percent has access to … 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 Using maps and data from the Office of Broadband Development and stories collected on the Blandin … 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
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
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
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
National Association of Counties (NACo) reports… the State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds legislation, part of the American Rescue Plan Act, was signed into law by President Biden on March 11. The bill includes $65.1 billion in direct, flexible aid … Continue reading
