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
EVENT Mar 19: MN House Committee to again discuss HF4659: Safety standards for broadband installers
Mar 19
Last week, the MN House Agriculture Finance and Policy met to discuss HF4659 (Berg) Safety standards for broadband industry installers required; and Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program implemented. (I wrote about the bill earlier.) Tomorrow (Mar 19) they will be heard again in the … Continue reading
EVENT Mar 22: MN HF3488 compensation for kids’ content online
Mar 19
MN HF3488 will be heard in the Commerce Committee on March 22. (This is the House version of a bill heard in the Senate (SF3496) last month. Commerce Committee Chair: Rep. Zack Stephenson Friday, March 22, 2024 – 9:30AM to … Continue reading
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