[1st-mile-nm] Navajo Nation: Digital Divide story in the Guardian

[John Badal]

You ain't kidding.  The reporter jumps from a severely underserved area of West Navajo lands in AZ to Tohajiilee, NM where much of the 1000 population there (not 3000) have landline voice and broadband, albeit poor mobile coverage.  One of their major complaints is not that they lack access to 911, but that their 911 service is largely provided by tribal emergency entities, not from Albuquerque.   Their tribal police office is in Crownpoint!

John



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From: Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.org>
Date: 5/16/2016 5:42 PM (GMT+00:00)
To: 1st-mile Nm <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>
Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Navajo Nation: Digital Divide story in the Guardian

While the Navajo Nation is largely underserved, this story seems
to lack many important and accurate details, which this outside reporter
has missed.
RL

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How a digital divide leaves parts of rural America isolated.

Low population density means phone and internet companies don’t upgrade
services – but in the Navajo Nation vital infrastructure was never
installed.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/16/rural-america-internet-access-navajo-nation



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