Steele County

Table of goal data by year

Year	100/20 Mbps	1 Gbps
2025	#54 – 85.5%	#18 – 85.32%
2024	#42 – 87.01%
2023	#32 – 87.59%
2022	#26 – 88.28%
2021	#27 – 88.95%
2020	#25 – 87.05%
2019	#23 – 86.86%
2018	#46 – 56.16%
2017	#8 – 95.64%

Red dots represent unserved locations.

Steele County: Stalled and not much community engagement

Steele County Lost some broadband coverage in 2025, I assume that’s a map correction. Steele County was hit hard when LTD Broadband was awarded federal funding and then funding was revoked. They will receive some funding from BEAD but only for satellite access, which is why they retain their red status.

At the time of writing, the MN BEAD final proposal has not been approved, but the current proposal would mean coverage for 178 locations in Anoka County. The locations will get a satellite 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. (Steele has not benefitted from earlier Line Extension awards. So that may be a strategy worth considering.) There have been changes with local and national broadband providers, which also leads to uncertainty.