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Number of Wireline Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 3.2%
3.5%
1 13.6%
9.6%
2 28.5%
31.2%
3 51.8%
38.1%
4 2.7%
13.2%
5 0.1%
3.0%
6 0.0%
0.9%
7 0.0%
0.3%
8+ 0.0%
0.2%
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Number of Wireless Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 0.1%
0.2%
1 0.8%
1.1%
2 2.5%
3.7%
3 7.7%
7.0%
4 15.0%
25.9%
5 52.3%
27.5%
6 17.5%
19.5%
7 3.3%
7.2%
8+ 0.9%
7.9%
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Technology Percent Population   Nationwide
DSL 92.4%
89.5%
Fiber 6.3%
20.5%
Cable 82.5%
87.6%
Wireless 99.4%
99.0%
Other 0.0%
0.0%
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Speed Percent Population   Nationwide
Unreported 0.0%
0.0%
Download > 0.768 Mbps, Upload > 0.2 Mbps 99.9%
99.6%
Download > 3 Mbps, Upload > 0.768 Mbps 97.6%
98.2%
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Broadband
Speed Test (mbps)		 Number of Tests  
Home 14,600
2.3 Median Speed: 7.2 mbps Median Speed: 7.2 mbps 16.6
Schools, Libraries, Community Centers 589
1.9 Median Speed: 8.4 mbps Median Speed: 8.4 mbps 22.0
Medium/Large Business 655
2.8 Median Speed: 10.5 mbps Median Speed: 10.5 mbps 30.4
Small Business 938
1.3 Median Speed: 3.2 mbps Median Speed: 3.2 mbps 10.6
Mobile 50,126
0.8 Median Speed: 2.2 mbps Median Speed: 2.2 mbps 6.0
Other 157
1.1 Median Speed: 3.2 mbps Median Speed: 3.2 mbps 9.5
25* percentile  median speed (mbps) median speed (mbps)    75* percentile
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0 30.4
Community
Anchor Institutions		 Total Number of Records Subscribe to Broadband  
Yes No ? *
Schools K through 12 3,564 712 16 2,836 609
University, College, other post-secondary 267 81 0 186 80
Libraries 1,128 477 29 622 454
Medical / Healthcare 191 58 1 132 56
Public Safety 1,553 67 5 1,481 46
Community Centers - Government support 135 33 9 93 30
Community Centers - Non-Government support 127 28 4 95 27
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CAI Speed Tiers
BTOP Minnesota State Funding
Recipient Project Total Award
State Data and Development
Connected Nation (Minneso… State Data and Development $4,470,035
Infrastructure
Merit Network, Inc. REACH Michigan Middle Mile Collaborative II $1,253,507
Enventis Telecom, Inc. Greater Minnesota Broadband Collaborative $16,822,437
Zayo Bandwidth, LLC Connect Anoka County Community Broadband Networ… $13,382,593
County of Carver Carver County Open Fiber Initiative $5,995,600
University Corporation fo… United States Unified Community Anchor Network … $62,540,162
Public Computer Centers
Leech Lake Reservation Bu… Headwaters Tribal Computer Centers $1,722,371
Mission Economic Developm… Latino Microenterprise Tech Net $219,066
Regents of the University… Broadband Access Project (BAP) $2,862,333
Sustainable Adoption
One Economy Corporation 21st Century Information and Support Ecosystem:… $28,519,482
C.K. Blandin Foundation Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities $4,858,219
Portland State University Learner Web Partnership: A Multi-State Support … $281,735
Communication Service for… Project Endeavor $14,988,657
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BIP Minnesota State Funding Summary
Applicant Name Grant Request Loan Request Total Request
Round 1
Halstad Telephone Company $246,500 $246,500 $493,000
Halstad Telephone Company $2,027,600 $2,027,600 $4,055,200
Minnesota Valley Television Improvement Corpora… $562,776 $562,776 $1,125,552
Northeast Service Cooperative $21,749,110 $21,749,110 $43,498,220
City of Windom $6,350,250 $6,350,000 $12,700,250
Round 2
Arvig Telephone Company $5,048,168 $0 $5,048,168
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company $4,826,478 $4,826,478 $9,652,956
Federated Telephone Cooperative $630,289 $630,289 $1,260,578
Federated Telephone Cooperative $1,493,637 $1,493,637 $2,987,274
Lake, County Of $9,955,359 $56,413,705 $66,369,064
Red River Rural Telephone Assn (Inc) $136,327 $136,327 $272,653
Sjoberg's Inc $649,544 $216,516 $866,060
Wikstrom Telephone Company, Incorporated $5,179,019 $2,219,581 $7,398,600
Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association $1,570,592 $1,570,592 $3,141,185
Woodstock Telephone Co Inc $10,629,096 $4,555,328 $15,184,424
Sacenet $7,530,000 $0 $7,530,000
Echostar XI Operating LLC $14,159,250 $0 $14,159,250
Wildblue Communications $19,533,444 $0 $19,533,444
Hughes Network Systems $58,777,306 $0 $58,777,306
Arrowhead Electric Cooperative Inc $11,296,239 $4,841,245 $16,137,484
TA-Grants
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe $48,361,981 $0 $48,361,981
Northeast Service Cooperative $200,000 $0 $200,000
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Demographics
Total area (sq miles) 83,146
Population 5,386,055
Housing Units 2,401,060
Age Area (%)   Nationwide
under 5 5.0%
5.2%
5 - 19 20.8%
20.5%
20 - 34 19.8%
19.8%
35 - 59 33.7%
33.6%
60+ 20.7%
21.0%
Race Area (%)   Nationwide
White 88.1%
70.5%
Black 4.5%
11.3%
Hispanic 3.4%
13.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 3.2%
4.0%
Native American 0.7%
0.5%
Income Area (%)   Nationwide
Median income $61,226 $58,283
Poverty rate 11.7%
15.8%
Below $25k 19.9%
24.1%
$25k-$50k 28.5%
30.0%
$50k-$100k 34.6%
30.6%
$100k-$200k 17.9%
16.5%
$200k or more 3.9%
4.2%
Education Area (%)   Nationwide
High School
graduate		 87.7%
80.0%
Bachelor's
degree or higher		 27.6%
24.8%
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