Minnesota gets $1.5M in stimulus cash for broadband mapping

by Chris Newmarker/Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal

The federal government will spend $1.5 million in economic stimulus cash to map out access to broadband services in Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration said Tuesday.

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Minnesota Census Block Level Data on Connected's Broadband Maps

by Vivek Naik/TMCnet.com

Connected Nation reportedly announced it will soon release Census Block level broadband data for the state of Minnesota in a downloadable format, as well as accessible via an interactive Web based mapping tool.

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At Issue: Connecting the state

February 13, 2009
Minnesota’s invisible resource — its bandwidth — could drive economic growth as the state’s information technology infrastructure expands.
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New map shows speeds of the information superhighway

January 26, 2009
St. Paul, MN — There's a new map of Minnesota being prepared and you're invited to participate. It isn't a roadmap. It's a map of the state's broadband or high-speed Internet service. The new map will show where Internet service is poor or speeds are slow. (Link to Article)