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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.
Learn More About Our Work in Broadband
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
T-Mobile to acquire Metronet, a fiber provider in Minnesota
Dec 13
MSN reports… T-Mobile will invest $4.9 billion into a new joint venture that plans to acquire broadband internet company Metronet, a key move in a larger plan by the Bellevue, Wash.-based company to expand beyond its traditional wireless business. The … Continue reading
EVENT Dec 17: Centering Digital Equity to Advance Reproductive Telehealth Care Access
Dec 12
Looks like an interesting webinar… Centering Digital Equity to Advance Reproductive Telehealth Care Access Dec 17, 2024 02:00 PM Join RHITES in our final webinar of 2024 to learn about the linkages between telehealth access, digital equity, and reproductive health … Continue reading
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