The Senate Agriculture and Rural Development Committee on Wednesday heard three bills that provide funding to expand broadband access in underserved and unserved areas of Minnesota through the Border-to-Border Broadband program.

“High-speed internet has become a utility of equal importance to electricity, particularly during the course of the Covid pandemic,” said Sen. Jeremy Miller (R-Winona). “The last year has really driven home just how necessary broadband access is in our daily lives. In Greater Minnesota, there are still too many communities that don’t have access to high-speed internet, but we are making important progress every year.”

The Border to Border Broadband Fund targets the development of permanent broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas. Minnesota contains large areas of land that fall into the unserved and underserved categories, which shows that this infrastructure is a critical need in our state. 

Senate District 28 broadband connectivity by school district:

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