Bree Maki, the Executive Director of the Minnesota Office of Broadband Development, sent a letter about BEAD to Howard Lutnick.
The broadband grants come from two Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) programs.
Only a small fraction of Minnesota broadband projects adheres to prevailing wage standards, according to an extensive report.
In all, more than 250,000 premises will eventually have access to Intrepid Fiber Networks’ services in the two states.
100.000 locations are at stake as MN reconciles its definition of unserved with the BEAD definition, Broadband Director Bree Maki told us.
The Minnesota broadband grants came through the Border-to-Border program and the Low Population Density Program.
Some states are establishing new award programs for BEAD, while Minnesota plans to award through its long-lived Border-to-Border program.
People lacking broadband can report it and providers can bid to offer service there, with some costs paid for by the Minnesota line extension
Minnesota broadband got a $66.8 million boost from two state funding programs. Awardees will contribute matching funds to
Broadband line extension programs are designed to cover some of the costs of extending connectivity to homes that may have been passed
The rules for how Capital Projects Fund money can be used are less “prescriptive” than those for the BEAD program, notes Pew. Therefore,
Gigabit broadband availability is best in the central part of the U.S., according to research from Smarthomestarter.com. The state with
Two telecom cooperatives are slated to receive rural broadband ReConnect funding. USDA also awarded grants to
Minnesota broadband grants went to Charter, Comcast, Lumen/CenturyLink, Midco, Mediacomm and several smaller companies and will
The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity planning grants will be used to develop plans that will be
Nearly $360 million in Capital Projects Fund broadband money will go to Kansas, Maine, Maryland and Minnesota, the U.S. Treasury said. The
An Arvig public-private partnership with Redwood County is seeking $1.3 million from the Minnesota Border to Border Development Grant
The Midco Land O’ Lakes collaboration will make fixed wireless available to 1,595 people near Trimont, Minnesota. Land O’ Lakes role was to
Fiber Minnesota has merged with Broadband Visions and SM Broadband to create one of the largest networks in the state. The new entity will
Midco fiber broadband plans for Minnesota include an upgrade path to 10 Gbps and leveraging a new fiber ring.
A Minnesota USDA ReConnect award went to Consolidated Telephone company. The $7.4 million award came in the form of a grant. Other awardees
In the second Minnesota fiber M&A deal already this month, Cooperative Network services has acquired the assets of West Central Transport Group. The deal