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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.
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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
Comcast to expand broadband to Prior Lake, Savage, Victoria and Waconia (Carver and Scott Counties)
Apr 23
Bring Me the News reports... Comcast plans to extend its high-speed internet services to four more Minnesota cities. On Tuesday, the internet provider announced its network expansion in Prior Lake, Savage, Victoria and Waconia. The company said its estimated that the expansion … Continue reading
State Legislators (including some from MN) ask Commerce Secretary not to delay BEAD
Apr 23
Light Reading reports… A group of 115 state legislators is warning Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that forcing states to change their approach to the $42 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program will be detrimental to their progress and … Continue reading
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