[1st-mile-nm] New Mexico First

[John Brown]

Lets look at the real eco-system here.

Email is "hosted through"...  Actually if you dig into DNS and check out the MX record for their email server you will see that its hosted with MSN.NET in Colorado.

So the money flow is from nmfirst.org to stillsolutions.com, who then pay MicroSoft for virtual hosting via MS's outlook.com hosting site.   I would suspect that the bulk of the money goes OUT OF STATE.

Website, local developer.  That's good.   The spin words are "on a national hosted platform, using his NM license on this platform".

Begs the question "What NM License" is required to host a website.. ???
Or, what does a "license" have to do with the reality here at all?  Or is it just good sounding words to make it seem more local.  Oh, he has a NM License...

The web server, its content, and the money that pays for it goes to a hosting company located in NEW YORK CITY.

Ms. Balas, the point here is that as a technologist, I see nothing these OUT OF STATE vendors are providing NMFIRST, that could not be done by any number of truly local companies.

Despite other comments, I believe any number of them could do it for equal or less money.

While we are talking about spending money.

Questions:  (based on research data I have received)

Why has the State Library and NM First paid someone from Illinois to write the State Broadband Report.???   Do people in Illinois understand what our "State Question"  is ??

Why has DoIT spent State and Federal money with an East Coast firm to develop a Broadband Guide?    I thought NM had some of the highest number of PhD's per capita in the country/world??

Don't we have smart people here that can create a NM Community Broadband Guide ??

Couldn't someone like Crestino or others provide these design and engineering services ??

Folks, if we are going to get Federal $$  and State money to improve OUR STATE, then WE THE PEOPLE, need to make sure those dollars STAY IN OUR STATE.


VIVA NEW MEXICO.   VIVA SPEND LOCALLY

John Brown, speaking for me...
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From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org [1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] on behalf of Heather Balas [heatherb at nmfirst.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 4:56 PM
To: '1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org'
Subject: [1st-mile-nm] New Mexico First

Hi there. There were a couple questions posted this week regarding New Mexico First and the upcoming Statewide Broadband Summit, which is convened by the New Mexico State Library.


1)      There was a misconception that the summit was not announced on the 1st-Mile-NM list serve. The event was posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 8:09 AM.

2)      There is a misconception that New Mexico First does not use in-state vendors for technology services. We actually use a local NM developer http://practicallyinspired.com to create our website. This developer builds websites on a national hosted platform, using his NM license on this platform. Similarly, our email is hosted through the Albuquerque company http://stillsolutions.com. I highly recommend both firms!

I know that many of you are registered for the summit on Friday. I look forward to seeing you there!

Heather Balas
President
New Mexico First
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