[1st-mile-nm] Southeast NM Internet Partnership + NM Internet Crimes

[Richard Lowenberg]

Booming New Mexico oilfield to get high-speed internet soon

https://apnews.com/16c25ed3d3b1d99a3c5a5b35447c7472
February 12, 2020

JAL, N.M. (AP) — Businesses and residents in the southern end of a 
southeast New Mexico county likely will have high-speed internet by the 
end of the year.

The Hobbs News-Sun reports the New Mexico Department of Information 
Technology on Monday announced a new public-private partnership expected 
to build much-needed broadband infrastructure in Lea County.

Officials say the move will accommodate the current economic expansion 
occurring in the Permian Basin.

ExxonMobil, the state of New Mexico and Plateau Telecommunications Inc. 
will develop a $5 million fiber network offering advanced broadband 
services to businesses along a 107-mile (172-kilometer) route beginning 
east of Carlsbad and running to Jal, New Mexico.

Stringing fiber optic cables into the Permian Basin is expected to help 
other businesses, governments and private residents.

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FBI: New Mexicans lost $17.9 million to internet crimes, scams last year

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/fbi-new-mexicans-lost-million-to-internet-crimes-scams-last/article_2821fbcc-4d2d-11ea-ab13-27de220e15a0.html

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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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