[1st-mile-nm] Windstream NM Stimulus Update

[Richard Lowenberg]

 Exerpted from a longer article, below are a couple of lines about 
 Windstream’s broadband stimulus funded efforts in NM.     Click on the 
 link below for the complete article.

 Windstream and TDS Execs Provide Stimulus Update

 http://www.telecompetitor.com/windstream-tds-execs-provide-stimulus-update/

 Windstream won grants from the Rural Utilities Service totaling $181.3 
 million for a total of 16 broadband stimulus projects in 13 states.  The 
 grants cover 75% of the cost of installing broadband, with Windstream 
 investing the remaining 25%, a total of $60.4 million. The carrier is 
 essentially filling in pockets within its existing territory that 
 currently lack broadband.

 (snip)

 The states where Windstream has the most work left to do are New 
 Mexico, where the company just gained a long-pending environmental 
 approval, and Kentucky, where the company is still awaiting 
 environmental approvals in a couple of individual markets.

 Engineers already have staked routes for 90% to 95% of the 5,400 route 
 miles included in Windstream’s winnings. Accordingly construction should 
 be able to start next week or the week after in the newly-approved areas 
 in New Mexico.

 (snip)




-- 
 Richard Lowenberg
 1st-Mile Institute
 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
 505-989-9110 / 505-603-5200
 www.1st-mile.com
 rl at 1st-mile.com