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

[John Badal]

Michael,

First of all, one of Sceye's airships can cover nearly ¼ of the state and seems to be a good bang for the buck.  And, to answer your question about ROW on tribal lands - whether a 195' tower, a 50' monopole, or 10 miles of fiber cable, the ROW process is essentially the same.  Commonly it takes us 2 years to get a land use permit for a single tower.  The ROW for one tower, where the land survey was a few feet off, took us 7 years.  One tribe and 2 federal agencies were involved and they just couldn't get over the confusion of a past erroneous survey.

John
From: 1st-mile-nm <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org> On Behalf Of Michael Harris
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2021 2:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Question about NM-Sceye Inc. Contract ?

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<mailto: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.

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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/<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sceye.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cjbadal%40sacredwindnm.com%7C63673639e44b41e2412d08d913efc446%7C1458a946b06346cbbe2752dbe35fba15%7C0%7C0%7C637562742784331027%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=rA%2BfJu9W1Cp%2Fu3NMCcQ2Y8BqJ0OPNt8N6yymAzg8shI%3D&reserved=0>

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

R.


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