Big Stone County

Table of goal data by year

Year	Rank	100/20 Mbps
2024	#11 of 87	98.97%
2023	#6 of 87	99.71%
2022	#12 of 87	97.09%
2021	#9 of 87	98.6%
2020	#7 of 87	98.6%
2019	#5 of 87	98.91%
2018	#4 of 87	98.91%
2017	#25 of 87	70.12%

Red dots represent unserved locations.

Wired (wireline) and wireless (fixed, non-mobile) served location percentage at various speeds.

Big Stone County Almost There

Big Stone County rank dipped from 6 to 11. The percentage coverage dipped slightly too, but the map seems more stringent this year. And the dip is slight. They are down to just a handful of households without broadband and that is why they maintain their green standing.

• Over the years, Big Stone County (or cities within) has not invested for matches for any successful MN Broadband grants.
• Big Stone County will benefit from 2 line extension awards (Rounds 1 and 2), which extend broadband to individual locations.
• Last years’ estimates indicated that it would cost $65,000 million to get ubiquitous broadband in the county. (I haven’t updated the number because recent report offers scenarios of costs based on BEAD funding rules that make current estimates less predictable than in the past. Yet, I think the number is still helpful.)
• In 2022, Big Stone ranked 63 using Microsoft’s Digital Equity Tool, which looks at various factors of a community.