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Tired of Waiting for Corporate High-Speed Internet, Minnesota Farm Towns Build Their Own
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Seven years ago, Winthrop, Minnesota, population 1,400, decided it needed an internet upgrade. Most local residents were served by companies like Mediacom, which Consumer Reports consistently ranked among the country’s worst internet providers. Slow...
Governor’s Task Force on Broadband Releases Annual Report
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Report contains policy recommendations, including $200 million for the Border-to-Border Broadband Grant Program and updated speed goals. The Governor’s Task Force on Broadband released its 2016 Annual Report today, which includes recommendations for...
Community Anchor Institutions: Broadband to the People
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Share This: EDITOR’S NOTE: To make sure more Americans have access to high-speed Internet and the services it provides, we need to widen the pipeline reaching community anchor institutions –libraries, schools, health-care clinics, public housing, and...

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Broadband access associated with fewer COVID cases and deaths

Recent research from the University of Michigan reports… The mortality rate from COVID-19 was about 50% lower in U.S. counties with higher internet access in the summer and early fall of 2020. A new University of Michigan study found that broadband...
Senator Putnam thinks MN Agriculture at legislature may be focused

St Cloud Live reports… While the Minnesota House waits for a special Jan. 28 election that would determine control of the chamber, Putnam said he still expects things to get done. He said, by and large, those in ag committees are not there for political...
Governor Walz releases budget; will discuss DEED budget on Jan 21

Governor Walz releases his proposed budget… This is an odd-numbered year, and so the Legislature is constitutionally required to craft a budget to fund the state government for the next two fiscal years. Gov. Tim Walz took a major first step in that...
Biden Recommendations for $369 Million Digital Equity Act awards includes1 MN groups

Last week, I wrote about two Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program awards from the NTIA that went to the Hmong American Partnership and Minnesota State Colleges & Universities as well as other projects in other states. Today they announced more...
Taxpayers Protection Alliance concerned about policies around BEAD funding

An Op-Ed from Johnny Kampis of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance talks about deployment of BEAD funding from the provider perspective… Some states are finding it difficult to entice providers to participate in the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment...

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Minnesota Broadband Task Force Meeting Notes from CommScope | Blandin on Broadband

Today the Broadband Task Force met at CommScope, a telecommunications manufacturing company. They hear about what CommScope is seeing today and predicting for the future for networks. They also talked...