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BROADBAND 

CHISAGO COUNTY BROADBAND SURVEY RESULTS

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Chisago Lake Township is working with Midco to construct and maintain Fiber Optic Cable within Chisago County/Chisago Lake Township Expansion through Capital Builds:

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2021-2024 Capital Build:   Chisago Lake Township

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MIDCO's plan with Chisago Lakes Township Current and Future Expansion Plans:

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2021 Projects:

  • Kroon, Linn and Boos Lake; Third and Moody Lake

  • 221 passings

  • Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP), Capable of 5 Gbps/5 Gbps

  • Additional 12 homes added south of Birch Lake

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2022 Projects:

  • Continued from 2021 areas, Linn Lake to Spider Lake

  • 133 passings

  • Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP), Capable of 5 Gbps/5 Gbps

  • Begin construction early to mid-August.  Completion this fall, service deployment in late 2022, early 2023

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2023 Projects:

  • RDOF - awarded $1.1 million to serve over 1,000 locations

  • Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP), Capable of 5 Gbps/5 Gbps

  • Project milestones in 2023, construction and deployment tentatively scheduled for 2024 

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I have attached a link to the complete Midco Presentation given at the July 19, 2022 meeting 

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Broadband Grant Not Funded

In September 2020, Consolidated Telephone Company (CTC) submitted a Border to Board Broadband grant application on behalf of Chisago Lake and Franconia townships.  In late January 2021, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (MN DEED) announced that they were not funding that application. 

MidContinent Communications (Midco) had challenged the CTC application, indicating it currently provides internet service of 1GB symmetrical to identified portions of the project and would be able serve additional areas at 1GB speeds in 2021.  Thus, Chisago Lake and Franconia townships were removed from consideration for MN DEED grant funding based on the finding that the Midco’s challenge was credible.

In October 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a “reverse auction” (FCC RDOF 904) allowing companies to apply for Rural Digital Opportunity Funds by making a case that they can deliver the best service to an area (defined by using census blocks) at the lowest price.  Those funds are aimed providing internet service with at least 100/20 Mbps speeds in currently underserved areas.  In December 2020, the FCC announced that MidContinent Communications and Windstream Services were the bid winners in our area.  Those companies now have until June 2021 to develop and present their plans and up to six years to implement those plans if approved.

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