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Broadband
Blandin Foundation stands with Minnesota’s rural leaders and communities as they create and claim futures that are resilient, vibrant and connected.
Broadband connects rural communities to the world and is essential infrastructure for the future. Rural people and places need high-speed Internet, and the skills to use it, to create new jobs, access modern education and healthcare services, and stay connected to others.
Since 2003, the Blandin Community Broadband Program (BCBP) has worked with rural communities across Minnesota to improve broadband access, adoption and use. Guided by the vision, “Everyone in Minnesota will be able to use convenient, affordable world-class broadband networks that enable us to survive and thrive in our communities and across the globe,” the BCBP program engaged leaders at local, state and federal levels to ignite and sustain policies that support rural access to robust broadband.
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Research and reports, past broadband conference materials, tools you can use and success stories.
Blandin Broadband Communities Program
Arrowhead Intelligent Region
From the Blandin on Broadband Blog
A look at the Draft of Minnesota’s Final BEAD Proposal: Providers, projects, grants and matches
Aug 31
I finally took a deep dive into the Draft of Minnesota’s Final Proposal. It is a series of answers to very specific questions that help NTIA decide whether Minnesota (Office of Broadband Development (OBD) and subgrantees) will be able to … Continue reading
Lismore Telephone and Nobles County kick of FTTP project funded by ReConnect and MN State Grants
Aug 30
The Worthington Globe… Many local companies are working together to bring enhanced broadband services to underserved, rural Nobles County residents, using approximately 637 miles of fiber to provide high-speed internet to 1,550 households and sites. Bill Loonan, general manager of … Continue reading
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