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Chisago County, MN –  In partnership with the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), Midco continues to bridge the digital divide across Minnesota. Midco was recently awarded $1.1 million in the RDOF auction to build out 1,001 homes, farms and businesses in Chisago County.

“Most of these homes and businesses will have Midco’s fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) services. Our current FTTP services offer some of the fastest speeds in America at 5 Gbps symmetrical for both uploads and downloads,” said Government Relations Manager Melissa Wolf.

Midco has aggressively expanded its network in Chisago County over the past few years, reaching hundreds of new homes in 2020 alone. This partnership with the FCC will compliment and accelerate that ongoing work.

Construction in Lindstrom and Chisago Lake Township will begin this year and some locations covered by the RDOF award will begin receiving broadband by the end of the year. Midco will serve most of Chisago County’s new service areas with fiber broadband services capable of delivering 5 Gbps of download and upload speeds. The regional communications company is excited to continue growing its network to serve thousands of new homes and businesses in the County in the coming years.

High-speed internet access is critical to economic opportunity, job creation, education and civic engagement. RDOF will direct up to $20.4 billion to expand broadband in unserved rural areas.