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South Dakota State Broadband Office

South Dakota State Broadband Office Overview

South Dakota Broadband Grant Award Status

BEAD :$207.2 M

South Dakota 5 Year Plan
Initial Proposal v1
3
Challenge Window
4
Initial Proposal v2
5
Application Window
6
Awards Announced

Treasury Capital Projects Fund: $115.9 M

1
Treasury Approved
2
Application Window
3
Awards Announced

Broadband Office Name:
Governors Office of Economic Development (South Dakota Broadband Development Program)

South Dakota Broadband Director

Mike Waldner

About Governors Office of Economic Development (South Dakota Broadband Development Program)

Governor Kristi Noem said half of the counties with rural areas show that one in four people don’t have efficient internet access. Other counties have families without any reliable access. Noem said it’s important to close the broadband gap in South Dakota.

In 2019, Governor Kristi Noem made a state of the state address and said, “I want to bring in companies with emerging technologies in the fixed wireless arena that may offer more cost-efficient ways to provide fast, reliable service to our most difficult to serve locations….we’re developing a series of public-private partnerships to help overcome the challenges of service in rural areas and achieve the ambitious goals we’ve set for South Dakota.”

The state was offered a $5 million grant program in 2019 to improve broadband services for residents. The state wants to increase the grant in subsequent years.

The applicants were asked to be willing to provide at least a 50 percent financial match from the provider, minimum speed of 25 Megabits per second download and three Mbps upload per subscriber, and the ability to expand the technology as needed.

South Dakota Broadband Investment Maps

South Dakota broadband investment map ready strength rank

South Dakota Map of Ready Strength Rank

South Dakota broadband investment map yield on cost

South Dakota Yield on Cost Maps

South Dakota broadband investment map price and competition

South Dakota Pricing & Competition Map

South Dakota broadband investment map business establishments

South Dakota Map of Business Establishments in Underserved Areas

South Dakota broadband investment map small business establishments

South Dakota Small Business Establishments Map

South Dakota broadband investment map REC coverage

South Dakota Rural Electric Cooperative (REC) Coverage Map

Map of South Dakota Broadband Serviceable Locations

South Dakota Broadband Service Provider Coverage Maps

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