Broadband Policy Seminar in Mankato

Earlier in July Bill Coleman gave his second broadband policy seminar of the summer for the Blandin Foundation. You can learn about the session from the Blandin on Broadband blog and/or check out the slides below.
Broadband Policy Workshop Mankato
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Dakota Future Draft Broadband Policy

Bill Coleman has been working with Dakota Future on their broadband policy. They recently shared their draft broadband policy with the Ultra High-Speed Broadband Task Force. Dakota’s policy include the following principles:

Ubiquity and Quality
Affordable and Available Access
Competitive Marketplace
Government Role
Private Sector Role
Role of Content
Role of Collaboration

Blandin’s ARRA plans

Earlier this week, Bill Coleman gave a presentation to the MN Cable Communications Association to detail the strategy behind the application that Blandin Foundation is developing for ARRA funding. The focus is on the Sustainable Broadband project area. The goal is to bring together key Minnesota organizations to create a program that will fund a variety [...]

Broadband Policy Seminar July 17

It’s not too late to sign up for the Blandin Broadband Seminar in Mankato on Thursday. It’s the same session we did in Grand Rapids before last month’s Broadband Task Force meeting. It was well received there – and seemed to inspire at least a few folks to speak out at the Task Force meeting [...]

NTIA/RUS NOFA and workshops

Last week the NTIA and RUS unveiled the NOFA for broadband stimulus funding. As expected, it’s long and detailed but the instructions are also fairly straightforward.
The NTIA and RUS are hosting workshops around the country to help applicants learn more about the process and what is expected from a winning proposal. There will be a [...]