Tag: broadband

  As we close in our final RuralMN Radio in two weeks, we take a look back at how things have changed in rural Minnesota over the last fifteen years, including the advent of broadband and the ups and downs of the economy.

What is “Letters to the New Governor”? A compilation of essays giving insights and recommendations by experts from around the state writing on issues of importance to Greater Minnesota. They comment on the ideas and motivations behind some of our most difficult policy questions facing our state, including the region’s changing demographics, the rural economy, the ...

  Our newest publication is “Letters to the New Governor,” a collection of essays by experts around the state writing on an overview of the issues in Greater Minnesota. Some of the authors include Tim Penny and Charlie Weaver on why the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota need each other, Gary Wertish and Kevin Paap ...

  Anna Boroff is the executive director of the Minnesota Cable Communications Association and a CRPD board member. This week she joins Jim to talk about broadband. MCCA represents cable providers across Minnesota who represent about one million customers throughout the state. Demand for services and for increased speeds is continuing to grow. Anna talks ...

Anna Boroff, executive director of the Minnesota Cable Communications Association, joins us again this week to talk about the potential for investment in infrastructure that deregulating the communications industry could bring.

This week on RuralMn Radio, we talk with Anna Boroff, executive director of the Minnesota Cable Communications Association and Center board member, about just what net neutrality is and how it might affect Minnesotans.

EXCERPT: “The golden shovel kick-off event with Fillmore County and AcenTek representatives was held the morning of September 22 in Lanesboro. Construction to install the necessary infrastructure to bring wireline high speed internet to the city of Whalan and sections of Carrolton and Holt Townships is expected to begin in early October. It will be ...

  Part 2 with Steve Fenske from the Minnesota Association of Townships explaining the realities of broadband technology, especially in rural areas.

  First in a 3 part series, Dan Dorman of the Greater Minnesota Partnership joins us to talk about roadblocks to developing rural broadband.