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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
Update on cable expansion in Minnesota
Dec 12
NCTA – The Internet & Television Association tracks cable broadband expansion in the Midwest, including Minnesota… Comcast has expanded its fiber network to more than 600 homes and businesses in Stillwater Township through a public-private partnership funded by the Minnesota Office of … Continue reading
EVENT Dec 17: ILSR’s Digital Equity Unwrapped: A Look Back at a Challenging Year – and the Hope That Remains
Dec 11
Looks like a nice year-ender from the Institute for Local Self Reliance… The end of the year may be winding down, but the digital equity community is gearing up for one last big Building for Digital Equity (#B4DE) gathering. “Digital … Continue reading
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