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. Wadena County broadband ranking has dipped from 49 to 53. They are … Continue reading
MN Rural Broadband Coalition Virtual Day on the Hill: March 30 The Minnesota Legislature began yesterday. The Governor’s budget includes $170 million for broadband. In their 2021 Annual Report, the Minnesota Broadband Task Force recommended allocating $180 million Capital Projects Fund … Continue reading
MN Broadband Task Force April Mtg archive & video: Angie Craig, LTD Broadband & NCTA The MN Broadband Task Force heard from US Rep Angie Craig, LTD Broadband and NCTA in April. Task force members had questions about mapping, speed goals and … Continue reading
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 79 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
The MN Broadband Coalition is asking folks to take a broadband speed test – from home, from work, from wherever you are. Why? Because those tests will be used to create a map based on what customers report from the … Continue reading
Today’s eNews is a little different. First, the fall Broadband Conference starts tomorrow. It’s not too late to sign up. Second, the annual County Broadband Profiles have just been released; we how you rank. OPPORTUNITY! Broadband 2020: Connected We Stand … Continue reading
The FCC has just released the latest edition of the Annual Broadband Deployment Report… The Federal Communications Commission today released its annual Broadband Deployment Report, which shows that significant progress has been made to bridge the digital divide. For example, … 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
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 55 Code: Yellow 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
Rank (from 100/20 megabits per second): 66 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
National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) is compiling a list of National Free & Low-Cost Internet Plans. I am trying to build a list for Minnesota. It is a list in the making! Please send any additions, changes or updates to the … Continue reading
Last month, Go Daddy released Venture Forward, a report on the impact of local ventures on a community and impact of community on local ventures. I wrote about it earlier – and decided that it made sense to write two … Continue reading
Day Two, visit one of following Senator Klobuchar’s crew. There were about 25 people in Wadena to talk about broadband, infrastructure and housing. One thing I’ve heard in a few places – more related to roads – is that it’s … Continue reading
Morrison County is not poised to make the state speed goals for 2022 or 2026 but they recently saw an increase in access. If they can build on that momentum, they will come closer to the goals. Percentage of Served … Continue reading
Otter Tail County may be poised to meet broadband speed goals for 2022 but not for 2026. They have received several state broadband grants; one issue may be that the networks built with those grants didn’t necessarily get households to … Continue reading
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