What: Get Broadband was a community-based program dedicated to increasing the use of broadband-based technologies to make your community, its residents and its institutions more productive, efficient and competitive. We served 29 communities in Minnesota. Most of the programming will be finished by April 2008.

Why: High speed, always-on broadband-based Internet applications and services help rural communities:

• Attract and retain higher paying jobs
  
• Make entrepreneurs and traditional industries more competitive and productive
  
• Improve the efficiency of the community services
  
• Improve our quality our quality of life

How: By working with select communities on their broadband strategies and producing tools that can support any community interested in promoting and supporting broadband use as a community and economic development strategy.

• Learn more about tools that are available for communities
• Learn more about Broadband Initiative Phases
• Learn more about Blandin's Support

The Get Broadband Toolkit Online is a unique resource with cutting-edge applications available to educational, business, governmental, health care and residential users that demonstrate the incredible power of broadband to make our communities more competitive and improve our lives.