[1st-mile-nm] Cuba, NM school district buys Starlink internet for students

[John Brown]

And BTW, This Cuba is funded by "Federal Money".

Where does Federal Money come from ???  Printing press, or YOUR TAX DOLLARS..

Then Cuba hops that the State will pick up the tab and continue to pay
an OUT OF STATE COMPANY
.  Again YOUR TAX DOLLARS.

And they (The State, County, etc) wasted YOUR TAX DOLLARS on the
Sandoval Broadband project
to the tune of $4 million.......

There are plenty of locally owned, staffed and managed companies on
this list that could have made
use of that infrastructure to provide Cuba with much needed modern internet.
CityLink, Lobo Internet, Sacred Wind, Cybermesa, to name a few....


On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 10:28 AM Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.org> wrote:
>
> Rural New Mexico school district buys Starlink internet for students
>
> Associated Press Dec 29, 2021
> https://www.santafenewmexican.com/ap/rural-new-mexico-school-district-buys-starlink-internet-for-students/article_38dea62e-146d-5324-bbdc-b7b63acb1ddb.html
>
> A school district in northwestern New Mexico is providing high-speed
> internet to students' families, most of whom are Indigenous, in a $1.2
> million deal that leapfrogs piecemeal efforts by state and tribal
> officials.
>
> Cuba Independent Schools Superintendent Karen Sanchez-Griego said staff
> began installing Starlink’s $500 receivers at students’ homes in
> November and hope to connect all 450 families by the end of the school
> year.
>
> Traditional fiber optic cables haven't been installed around Cuba
> because of the area's sparse population, lack of money, and
> crisscrossing red tape from tribal, federal and state agencies that have
> to approve digging.
>
> New Mexico education officials were ordered by a court in April to
> provide high-speed internet to students in Cuba and other areas but
> haven't done so.
>
> Wi-Fi hotspots from the state didn't work well in remote areas far from
> cellphone towers. Education officials are planning on purchasing
> Starlink units for around 1,000 families around the state but haven't
> specified a timeline for doing it.
>
> “Our kids can’t wait,” said Sanchez-Griego, adding that the investment
> is funded by federal relief money that will eventually run out paying
> for $100 monthly internet fees. “Our hope is that the state will come
> through."
>
>
>
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Respectfully,

John Brown, CISSP
Managing Member, CityLink Telecommunications NM, LLC