Martin County

Table of goal data by year

Year	25/3 Mbps	100/20 Mbps
2020	#73 of 87 71.81%	#62 of 87 68.24%
2019	#57 of 87 80.29%	#64 of 87 55.22%
2018	#78 of 87 56.38%	#48 of 87 54.8%
2017	#73 of 87 55.64%	#39 of 87 54.06%

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Rank: 71 (out of 87) for access to 100/20 megabits per second (Mbps)

Martin County has seen an increase in broadband coverage in the last year, yet a slip in ranking, which means they are improving but not as fast as other counties. They will see improvements based on a recent MN Border to Border grant award. And the county was named a Telecommuter Forward, which indicates an interest in broadband use and deployment.

What we learned in the past:

Martin County was a 2015-2016 Blandin Broadband Community  and through that partnership they had a feasibility study done in 2017.

Martin County has benefited with three state grants:

• 2017- BEVCOMM (Granada Telephone Company) — Granada Rural Final – GRANT: $202,410
• 2016 – GRANADA TELEPHONE COMPANY (DBA BEVCOMM) SOUTH RURAL GRANADA – GRANT:  $157,920
• 2016 – MARTIN COUNTY (WITH FRONTIER) RURAL BROADBAND INITIATIVE – GRANT: $1,677,823

Update from 2020:

Martin County will benefit from a Border to Border grant awarded in the last round:

• BEVCOMM (Blue Earth Valley Telephone Company & Easton Telephone Company) – Rural Faribault County Project – GRANT: $579,781
  This last mile project will upgrade approximately 112 unserved and six underserved households, 50 unserved farms, and eight unserved businesses in areas of Faribault and Martin Counties. In a funding partnership with the State of Minnesota and Faribault County Economic Development Authority, BEVCOMM will improve broadband service levels up to 1 Gbps download and 1 Gbps upload, exceeding the 2022 and 2026 state speed goals. Sustainable broadband adoption will transform these unserved areas into highly-productive rural communities.
• Total eligible project cost is $1,449,451
• Local match is $869,670

Martin County was names a Telecommuter Forward community, which indicates an interest in promoting access and adoption.

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