Kandiyohi County

Table of goal data by year

Year	25/3 Mbps	100/20 Mbps
2020	#29 of 87 88.97%	#49 of 87 73.78%
2019	#42 of 87 86.23%	#48 of 87 72.89%
2018	#51 of 87 77.2%	#86 of 87 10.64%
2017	#46 of 87 77.25%	#79 of 87 8.14%

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Rank: 48 (out of 87) for access to 100/20 megabits per second (Mbps)

Kandiyohi County has been working on better broadband for years. In 2017, Consolidated Telecommunications Co. (CTC) was awarded a $4.94 million grant to improve serves in New London, Spicer and Willmar, and Frontier was awarded a grant of $1.02 million to improve service in rural Kandiyohi County. Unfortunately, the CTC project did not work out.

Earlier this year, the Willmar and Kandiyohi County Economic Development set out to get a feasibility study done to prepare to apply for a Border to Border broadband grant.

What we learned in the past:

Kandiyohi County has been working on improving broadband for years. They have hosted meetings with policymakers and partnered with several providers. Kandiyohi has benefited from state broadband grants:

• 2016 – FRONTIER KANDIYOHI INITIATIVE – GRANT: $1,015,275
• 2015 – MVTV Wireless Middle Mile – Grant award: $808,080

Then in 2017, Consolidated Telecommunications Co. (CTC) was awarded a $4.94 million grant to improve serves in New London, Spicer and Willmar, and Frontier was awarded a grant of $1.02 million to improve service in rural Kandiyohi County. Unfortunately, the CTC project did not work out.

Update from 2020:

Late in 2019, Meeker Cooperative announced a new service, Vibrant Broadband, which is approximately 50 Mbps upload and 8 Mbps down to several counties, including Kandiyohi.

In early 2020, the Willmar and Kandiyohi County Economic Development Commission said that they would start a broadband feasibility study with the intention of applying for a Border to Border grant this year (2020).

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