MN Legislature looks at funds for Broadband Grants The House has a bill to fund the Border to Border grants at $120 million for the biennium. The Senate has three bills related to broadband funding: one for $120 million for … Continue reading
Speed-story-telling by people working to bring the benefits of broadband to families, businesses and communities in rural Minnesota. Show, Tell, and Discussion. Moderated by Jane Leonard, President, Growth and Justice Cannon Roots Local Foods Initiative – Laura Qualey, Community & Economic Development … 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
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
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
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. Rice County broadband ranking has dropped from 45 to 74 in part … Continue reading
Save the month of October: Broadband 2020: Connected We Stand Interesting times require innovative solutions! So, the Blandin conference planning team has decided to lean in and move the annual conference online – and reformed it into a monthlong series … 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
Rank: 20 Code: Green (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Benton County: getting traction toward goal again Benton County ranks 20 for broadband, up from 25 last year. They have hovered around 89 percent coverage to broadband of 100 Mbps down and … Continue reading
Today the Office of Broadband announced the recipients latest round of broadband grants. High level details, from the press conference (so math is very high level)… $20 million in state funding $45 million total investment for projects (so $25 in … Continue reading
The Office of Broadband Development reports… The Office of Broadband Development announced the first round of Line Extension Connection Program awards on a rolling basis beginning Oct. 6, 2023 and ending November 9, 2023. The first round of the program … Continue reading
On December 12, 2023, grant applications were due to the Office of Broadband Development. Providers have until January 11, 2024 to challenge the applications. I am preparing to work on the MN Broadband County Profiles and part of that means … Continue reading
Rank:64 Code: Red (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Waseca County: stalled at 75 percent broadband access Waseca County ranks 64 for broadband access out of 87 counties. They have 76.12 percent coverage to broadband of 100 Mbps down and 20 … Continue reading
Rank: 48 Code: Yellow (See Blandin Foundation interactive map) Morrison County: steady progress but recent grant might help Morrison County ranks 48 (up three) for broadband access out of 87 counties. They have 82.53 percent coverage to broadband of 100 … Continue reading
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