Ramsey County

Table of goal data by year

Year	100/20 Mbps	1 Gbps
2025	#3 – 99.92%	#44 – 59.77%
2024	#5 – 99.69%
2023	#4 – 99.98%
2022	#5 – 99.63%
2021	#2 – 99.84%
2020	#2 – 99.84%
2019	#2 – 99.84%
2018	#2 – 99.82%
2017	#1 – 99.39%

Red dots represent unserved locations.

Ramsey County: nearly at 2026 goal already

Ramsey County is a metro-based county where the market makes it feasible for broadband providers to serve broadband profitably. Ramsey County is very close to reaching the state broadband goal; they retain their Green status.

At the time of writing, the MN BEAD final proposal has not been approved, but the current proposal would mean coverage for 323 locations in Ramsey County. However, all the locations will get a satellite or a fixed wireless connection, 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. (Ramsey has not benefitted from earlier Line Extension awards. So that might be a strategy for reach the last households.) There have been changes with local and national broadband providers, which also leads to uncertainty.