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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
Loss of ACP means reduced spending on food and clothing and/or lose access to family and loved one
May 28
C|Net posts an article on the impact of the loss of Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) money… Former ACP enrollees have had to make a number of compromises to keep their internet on since it ended a year ago. A January survey from … Continue reading
Renville County residents are invited to take a broadband survey
May 28
West Central Tribune reports… Renville County residents are invited to take a short broadband internet survey through March 31 to gauge satisfaction with current internet service providers. According to the release, those without a home or business broadband connection are … Continue reading
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