[1st-mile-nm] 1st-mile-nm Digest, Vol 175, Issue 2

[Timothy L. Thomas]

I looked over the web site,

  https://www.sceye.com/  .

Interesting.

It will be more interesting to see that report, which I assume
will be public when it's finished.

-TLT


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> Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 13:44:52 -0600
> From: Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.org>
> To: 1st-mile Nm <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>
> Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Question about NM-Sceye Inc. Contract ?
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>  From the May 07, 2021 ? Theresa Davis, Albuquerque Journal
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> 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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