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

[Michael Harris]

It seems like $3.2M could build an awful lot of fixed microwave
infrastructure, even if it had to be completely off-grid...

Are there additional legal barriers to getting ROW or other issues with
fixed wireless on tribal land?

-Michael

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 1:44 PM Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.org> wrote:

>  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
>
> ------
>
> 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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