[1st-mile-nm] Internet Center Opens in Cerrillos

[Bob Knight]

Me, too. LCWA did Cerrillos in 2003-4 for well under $1K. Still does, 
AAMOF. $30 per month per household.

Bob


On 09/25/2011 12:55 PM, Michael Odza wrote:
> I like the arithmetic: half a million per village. Anyone know what the
> populations of Cerrillos and Manzano are?
>
> Michael
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> On 9/25/2011 11:05 AM, Richard Lowenberg wrote:
>>    Internet Center Opens in Cerrillos
>>
>>    www.santafenewmexican.com/Local
>>    News/Local-news-in-brief--Sept--25--2011
>>
>>    Federal officials on Friday helped dedicate a community space in the
>>    village of Cerrillos intended to make broadband Internet access
>>    available to residents.   The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural
>>    Development Agency said $550,950 was given to Agave Broadband to provide
>>    the (wireless) service to the community south of Santa Fe.    The
>>    department's Community Connect Program funded renovation of an old home
>>    that Agave converted into the Cerrillos Internet Community Center.  The
>>    center is equipped with 10 computer work stations and printers and will
>>    be staffed 40 hours a week, an announcement said.   Free computer
>>    training and broadband Internet access will be available to residents
>>    for the next two years, the agency said.
>>
>>    USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner said in a news
>>    release that the project "opens the door to new opportunities and
>>    economic growth to students, senior citizens, small business owners and
>>    others that will use these services to access all that the Internet has
>>    to offer."
>>
>>    ------
>>
>>    Agavue was also awarded an equal amount ($550,950) in ‘09 Rural
>>    Utilities Service funds to provide wireless broadband services to the
>>    community of Manzano, New Mexico. A new community center is to be built,
>>    where free broadband Internet access will be offered to local residents
>>    for two years. The center will also serve as the town hall and emergency
>>    services facility.
>>
>>
>>
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