Itasca County

Table of goal data by year

Year	Rank	100/20 Mbps
2021	#29 of 87	86.65%
2020	#28 of 87	84.14%
2019	#27 of 87	83.06%
2018	#23 of 87	79.44%
2017	#21 of 87	76.35%

Coverage Map

Rank: 29 (out of 87) for access to 100/20 megabits per second (Mbps)

Itasca County has seen very small incremental increases in broadband over the last few years. But they showed a boldness in last 2020, when they decided to invest $293,000 in CARES funding in broadband with Paul Bunyan.

Projected allocation of American Recovery Project ARP funds in Itasca is $8,752,686; broadband is one possible use.

If they are able to go bold with ARP funding for broadband they may go a long way toward ubiquitous broadband, but for now, they stay at code yellow.

Past grants:

• 2017 – Paul Bunyan Communications – North Central Fiber – GRANT $802,620
• 2016 MEDIACOM HARRIS TOWNSHIP – GRANT: $224,369
• 2016 – PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS HUBBARD, BECKER & ITASCA COUNTIES – GRANT: $1,742,232
• 2015 – Paul Bunyan Central Itasca County Fiber – Grant Award: $1,980,000
• Paul Bunyan Communications – North Central Minnesota Fiber Project– GRANT $2,562,916

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