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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
East Central Energy to bring fiber to North Branch
Apr 18
Isanti-Chisago County Star report... North Branch residents will soon have access to fiber internet from East Central Energy so state-of-the-art (according to ECE) it outclasses networks in the metro area. ECE’s broadband manager, Dennis Rice, presented an update on the … Continue reading
Mediacom brings multi-gig access in Wells and Winnebago MN (Faribault County)
Apr 18
Mediacom reports… Mediacom Communications today announced the company has launched multi-gig and symmetrical speed broadband services to over 2,000 households located in the rural Minnesota communities of Wells and Winnebago. Utilizing breakthrough technology to enhance the company’s fiber-powered network, Mediacom has created a … Continue reading
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