Shelby Lindrud
TDS begins broadband expansion project in New London, several other central Minnesota cities
Residents and businesses in Brooten, Danube, Kerkhoven, New London, Pennock, and Spicer (MN) will soon be gaining access to 1-gigabit broadband connections, thanks to a project by TDS Telecommunications. TDS will connect more than 3,700 properties to fiber broadband service, with the first set of people being able to connect by next summer.
Minnesota County to Expand Broadband With Pandemic Funds
Kandiyohi County (MN), as part of the federal American Rescue Plan coronavirus relief package, will receive approximately $8.3 million over the next year and is already committing $1.3 million to a project expanding high-speed broadband in the area. The Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners will spend a large chunk of the county’s overall allotment, perhaps as much as 75 percent, to help fund several broadband improvement projects across the county. The funds can be used to pay for a wide range of projects, programs and personnel as long as it can be tied back to the COVID-19 pandemic.