Becker County

Table of goal data by year

Year	100/20 Mbps	1 Gbps
2025	#57 – 84.4%	#65 – 33.18%
2024	#55 – 82.62%
2023	#40 – 84.75%
2022	#48 – 78.45%
2021	#57 – 73.42%
2020	#51 – 73.41%
2019	#87 – 6.22%
2018	#85 – 12.95%
2017	#81 – 6.58%

Red dots represent unserved locations.

Becker County: starting to stall?

It looks like Becker’s map corrected in the last year, after a slight drop in 2024, which may have been due to mapping changes or irregularities.

At the time of writing, the MN BEAD final proposal has not been approved, but the current proposal would mean coverage for 1,443 locations in Becker County. The strong majority of locations will get fiber from Midco; although a few will get a satellite, which does not qualify as served in the MN statute.

There is still Line Extension funding yet to be distributed, which helps connect handfuls of  houses just beyond existing infrastructure. (Becker has benefited from earlier Line Extension awards. So that seems hopeful for them as well.) There have been changes with local and national broadband providers, which also leads to uncertainty.

Assuming that BEAD funding will be disbursed in 2026, I’m going to upgrade Becker to Green status based on the 1000+ locations that should be getting connected to fiber based on BEAD funding.