Blandin webinar with Dr. Delore Zimmerman, Praxis Strategy Group #mnbb09
A Futurist's View of Rural Development, and more
Blandin Webinar Series: Realizing Our Broadband Future Here’s a chance to listen in on some really smart people discuss some important issues for Greater Minnesota and Rural America. I worked with Dr. Delore Zimmerman when I was an Associate at the Center for the New West and executive director at Traill County Economic Development Commission. […]
SRDC Spotlight: Broadband Infrastructure
Broadband internet access is increasingly essential infrastructure for business, agriculture, education and most other aspects of day-to-day life. Communities must have broadband to compete in today’s economy. USDA’s Economic Research Service states the situation in clear terms in a report released last month: In this decade, “rural communities that had greater broadband Internet access had […]
Broadband Means Business in Rural Minnesota
UMN EDA Center broadband study “Rural Businesses and the Internet: The Integration Continues”
STRIB on Cities and Broadband Stimulus Criteria
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune picked up on the NTIA/RUS stimulus broadband workshop, which I wrote about yesterday. Are Minnesota cities shut out by broadband rules? Criteria for seeking stimulus funds require proof that cities are underserved, and Minnesota providers can argue they’re not. By STEVE ALEXANDER, Star Tribune Last update: July 21, 2009 – 12:47 AM […]
Broadband in every pot
Blandin Broadband Policy Seminar, Mankato, Minnesota, 16 July 2009
Can You Hear Me Now? Verizon-Alltel=AT&T Wireless
AT&T purchase of rural markets bring iPhone to the country
Rural Broadband At A Glance, 2009 Edition
USDA today issued a short Bulletin looking at rural internet usage: Three-quarters of U.S. residents used the Internet to access information, education, and services in 2007. Broadband Internet access is becoming essential for both businesses and households; many compare its evolution to other technologies now considered common necessities—such as cars, electricity, televisions, microwave ovens, and cell […]
Daily Yonder on Farm Broadband
Closer look at Colorado and North Dakota
Tell us about your broadband access
Two broadband ISPs serve my home in a small town in Southwest Minnesota, Frontier Communications and Mediacom, apparently at Broadband Tier 2 with potential residential download speeds of 1.5 to 3 Mbps and uploads (1st Generation Data) at 200 kbps to 768 kbps . So says a new project here in Minnesota. Connect Minnesota, a non-profit subsidiary […]