Pine County (MN) offers letter of support, financial contribution to proposed BEAD broadband project

Pine County (MN) Commissioners agreed to send a letter in support to Minnesota Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) on behalf of Mediacom Broadband, which is seeking to expand broadband access for residents in Pine County through grant funding. Gerri Jenkins, Mediacom’s government partnership specialist, shared that the project includes Carlton County. In Pine County, 193 miles of fiber optic cable would be laid, connecting 1,104 locations of unserved and underserved homes. The proposed project is a total of 357 miles of fiber optic cable for 2,381 residents. Mediacom estimates that the project would take three years to complete; services would be launched in phases in order to connect people to the broadband as quickly as possible.