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

[Richard Lowenberg]

Here's a response from Theresa Davis, writer of the article on Sceye.

>> Thanks for reading the Journal. The money is awarded by the NM 
>> Economic Development Department. The state uses the term "study," but 
>> I think a better term is pilot project, since Sceye will actually 
>> deploy the airships to determine the viability of distributing 
>> internet signals via that technology. I've also included some relevant 
>> links.<<

https://www.abqjournal.com/2384504/new-mexico-to-fund-blimp-broadband-study-for-rural-internet.html
https://www.abqjournal.com/1487318/sceye-inc-to-build-stratospheric-airships-in-nm.html

Thank you,

Theresa Davis
Albuquerque Journal

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On 2021-05-10 13:44, Richard Lowenberg 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
> 
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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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