North Dakota ISP Plans to Expand Broadband Network Polar Communications is planning to expand their broadband network to communities in areas of North Dakota with limited Internet access. The ISP plans to start the next phase of this project this coming spring. by Ann Bailey, Grand Forks Herald / March 5, 2021 Shutterstock/asharkyu (TNS) — Polar Communications this spring will begin the second phase of a project to bring high-speed broadband Internet to customers in northeast North Dakota who previously had insufficient access. The Park River-based company is using a $21.2 million loan and grant combination from the United States Agriculture Department's ReConnect program to provide broadband technology to rural households and businesses in North Dakota. The funding was announced in January 2020 during the first round of the USDA's ReConnect pilot program. Also during that round, Daktel Communications, of Jamestown, was awarded a $1.8 million grant to provide broadband service to about 400 households and three educational facilities located in an area of 354 square miles.