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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
Government shutdown disrupts telehealth at Winona Health
Oct 03
WXOW reports… The federal government shutdown is creating new challenges for Winona Health patients who rely on telehealth. Winona Health officials say the number of people affected is small, but Medicare patients are feeling the change. Some visits that had been … Continue reading
Conference discussion on the trials and tribulations of BEAD applications and processing
Oct 03
More notes from the SCTE TechExpo, this time from Route Fifty talking about trials and tribulations of BEAD applications and processing. There were remarks from the NTIA… States are on track in submitting and finalizing their plans on how to … Continue reading
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