For Immediate Release (10/4/2016) Gaylord, MN – RS Fiber will be hosting a pair of community events next week in the communities of New Auburn and Green Isle to give residents the opportunity to learn more about RS Fiber services. The event in New Auburn will be held Tuesday, [...]
Winthrop, MN – RS Fiber Cooperative (RS Fiber) has been presented with the Community Broadband Innovative Partnership Award by the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) Board of Directors. The award was accepted on behalf of RS Fiber by Winthrop EDA Director, Mark Erickson, atNATOA’s 36th Annual Conference [...]
Winthrop, MN – RS Fiber Cooperative (RS Fiber) is one of three finalists for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLBDM) Strong Communities Award in the rural category. As a finalist, RS Fiber will advance to a public vote on September 19-30 that will serve as one component [...]
During a recent audit of our billing system, it was discovered that all of our customers subscribing to Internet and Video packages were receiving discounts greater than those advertised, causing them to be billed at a lesser rate than quoted. Billing has now been corrected and all packages are now [...]
Winthrop, MN – A television crew from the PBS program Newshour/Weekend was in Winthrop and Gaylord this week gathering interviews for what will become a segment on broadband in rural America and feature RS Fiber. PBS spent Monday visiting with members of the RS Fiber Board of Directors along with [...]
GAYLORD — Organizers of a years-long plan to bring fiber optic broadband service to 27 cities and townships mainly in Sibley and Renville counties celebrated the first signs of construction at a groundbreaking on Wednesday morning. Board members of the RS Fiber Cooperative and others involved in the project watched the cable get [...]
WINTHROP, Minn. – The RS Fiber Cooperative fiber optic broadband initiative will officially break ground on the project this Wednesday, July 8, in Sibley County. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Wednesday morning at 9:00 am along Sibley County Road 8 between CR 17 and CR 9. RS Fiber Cooperative [...]
New signs now hang above the RS Fiber Cooperative (RS Fiber) offices in Gaylord and Winthrop. On Monday, June 1, new signage was set into place by SignPro of Mankato. “It’s nice to see things start to come together for the RS Fiber project,” said General Manager Toby Brummer. [...]
Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc., (HBC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Toby Brummer as Renville-Sibley Fiber Cooperative (RS Fiber) General Manager. RS Fiber Cooperative General Manager Toby Brummer HBC CEO Dan Pecarina said, “Toby has all the qualities of the ideal General Manager. He has proven management [...]
Update from RS Fiber & HBC on Gig access in Renville and Sibley Counties by Ann Treacy at Blandin on Broadband Actually it’s an update that covers most of Sibley County and portions of Renville, Nicollet, and McLeod Counties. According to CED Magazine… The RS Fiber Cooperative and Hiawatha Broadband [...]
RS Fiber and HBC Partnership Selects Calix to Deliver Gigabit Services Calix, Inc. Press Release AUSTIN, TX – April 14, 2015 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that the RS Fiber Cooperative (RS Fiber) has partnered with Hiawatha Broadband Communications (HBC) to bring a gigabit broadband experience to 10 [...]
RS Fiber Broadband Initiative Receives Million Dollar Grant RS Fiber Cooperative Press Release The RS Fiber Cooperative fiber optic broadband initiative will receive a grant totaling $1 million from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). READ THE ENTIRE PRESS RELEASE
DEED Awards Broadband Grants Totaling $19.4 Million Minnesota DEED News Release R-S Fiber Cooperative, FTTH Project. Awarded $1 million to bring fiber-to-the –home (FTTH) service to 62 unserved and 536 underserved locations in Sibley and Renville counties. READ THE ENTIRE NEWS RELEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW A MAP OF MINNESOTA that [...]
RS Fiber Broadband Initiative Gaining Momentum RS Fiber Cooperative Press Release The RS Fiber Cooperative fiber optic broadband initiative will begin offering services to select areas as soon as 2015. According to RS Fiber Board Chair Mark Brandt, the collaboration with Hiawatha Broadband Communications (HBC), Winona, Minn., has made the [...]
RS Fiber Broadband Initiative Moving Forward RS Fiber Cooperative Press Release The RS Fiber Cooperative fiber optic broadband initiative is moving forward. RS Fiber’s Board of Directors recently endorsed an updated business plan and financing strategy. READ THE ENTIRE PRESS RELEASE
Blazing-fast Internet coming to Bemidji Jennifer Brooks, Star Tribune A rural cooperative, Paul Bunyan Communications, has spent the past decade quietly laying the foundation for a $150 million, 1-gigabit fiber optic network, dubbed the GigaZone, that will be one of the nation’s largest and fastest rural high-speed networks, starting early [...]
Greater Minnesota broadband: An energizing effort LORI STURDEVANT, Star Tribune It does a Capitol veteran good to see a rookie legislator grab a complicated issue, hustle around the state to learn about it at hearings, and come up with a fresh problem-solving proposal. READ THE FULL STORY
If businesses across the state are to compete with their world rivals, Minnesota policymakers must make broadband access a top economic development priority.
