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Tag: broadband

Broadband

Annandale watches special session for broadband help

Dave PetersDave Peters May 28, 2015, 12:44 PM May 28, 2015
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Annandale managed to get an earmark for broadband funding in legislation this year, but Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed the bill, asking for more money for rural broadband but objecting to the city’s special treatment. Read more →

Broadband

Rural broadband service shows scattered improvements

Dave PetersDave Peters May 29, 2014, 4:39 PM May 29, 2014
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The rural broadband gap persists in Minnesota, but new measures show some parts of the state making gains, partly because of federal stimulus money and partly because of other service provider improvements. Read more →

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Minnesotans raise their hands for FCC broadband money

Dave PetersDave Peters May 2, 2014, 7:30 AM May 2, 2014
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The Federal Communications Commission is exploring how to pay for extending broadband service in rural areas, and more than 60 projects in Minnesota have been proposed by communities around the state. Read more →

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State should put $100 million into broadband fund, says task force

Dave PetersDave Peters January 27, 2014, 5:29 PM Jan 27, 2014
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Minnesota should put $100 million of its surplus into a fund to help pay for broadband infrastructure in parts of the state that now are poorly served, a state task force studying the issue is recommending. The fund, envisioned as a matching-grant program to help public and private broadband providers, could deliver service to more Read more →

Broadband

Invest in humans, not just broadband technology, Blandin tells Congress

Dave PetersDave Peters October 29, 2013, 2:07 PM Oct 29, 2013
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Bridging the digital divide in rural America requires investment in people’s capabilities, not just technical infrastructure, an officer with Minnesota’s Blandin Foundation told Congress today.
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Smart phones aren’t reducing the rural Internet gap

Dave PetersDave Peters August 29, 2013, 8:30 AM Aug 29, 2013
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There’s been increasing talk lately that the push to get everybody on the Internet will get a boost as smart phones become ubiquitous. Even people who don’t have broadband service at home, because of cost or for some other reason, will get on the Internet via their phones, the argument goes. So perhaps we don’t Read more →

Broadband

Federal grant to urge broadband adoption wraps up

Dave PetersDave Peters June 14, 2013, 2:42 PM Jun 14, 2013
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Three years ago, the federal government started funneling more than $200 million in stimulus money into Minnesota to make it easier for residents to use the Internet. Most of that money is paying for private companies, cooperatives and local governments to lay fiber and install other hardware in places like Cook and Lake counties in Read more →

Broadband

Broadband availability rises again

Dave PetersDave Peters May 31, 2013, 4:13 PM May 31, 2013
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Nearly 70 percent of Minnesota households now have available the kind of  high-speed Internet access that the state says they should. The latest semi-annual report from Connect Minnesota today said that 69.2 percent of households have access to download speeds of at least 10 megabits per second and upload speeds of six megabits per second. Read more →

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