[1st-mile-nm] USDA RUS Broadband Award in NM
Richard Lowenberg
rl at 1st-mile.com
Tue Nov 15 07:36:24 PST 2011
ST. LOUIS, MO, Nov. 14, 2011 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
today announced funding for telephone utilities to build, expand and
improve broadband in their rural service territories across 15 states.
The announcement was made on the Secretary's behalf by USDA Rural
Utilities Service Deputy Administrator Jessica Zufolo during an address
at the annual meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners in St. Louis, MO.
"Today's funding will provide residents of these rural communities with
high speed internet connections to improve healthcare and educational
opportunities and connect to global markets," Vilsack said. "In addition
to providing much needed services to rural businesses and residents,
these investments will increase jobs, not just in the near term, but
through expanded opportunities in rural areas."
In New Mexico, Roosevelt County Telephone Cooperative, Inc. has been
awarded $12,358,000 to be used to deploy new equipment and to install
FTTP equipment to enhance its broadband network.
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2011/11/0485.xml&contentidonly=true
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Richard Lowenberg
1st-Mile Institute
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-989-9110 / 505-603-5200
www.1st-mile.com
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