[1st-mile-nm] Question about NM-Sceye Inc. Contract ?

[Richard Lowenberg]

 From the May 07, 2021 • Theresa Davis, Albuquerque Journal

New Mexico Examines Barriers to Navajo Internet Access

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the COVID-19 pandemic has 
highlighted the Internet gaps across the 27,000-square-mile reservation. 
Only 46 percent of households on tribal lands have basic broadband 
access.

https://www.govtech.com/network/new-mexico-examines-barriers-to-navajo-internet-access

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At the end of the article there is this sentence:

The state is also nearing completion on a $3.2 million contract for a 
Sceye Inc. study using blimp-like balloons to provide Internet, which 
could bridge the access gap for rural tribal areas.    
https://www.sceye.com/

Does anyone know more about this $3.2 million contract for a study ?

R.


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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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