[1st-mile-nm] [EXTERNAL] Re: US Feds to increase costs for access to Federal Land for broadband
Michael Harris
mharris at visgence.com
Thu Dec 30 15:44:08 PST 2021
Thanks for the info. To follow up on a specific point:
- ROW: Part of the statuate requirements is to address ROW Permitting.
> NMBBP/DoIT was on the verge of implementing something years ago, yet no
> funding to sustain it. What worked as a bandaid during the ARRA days DoIT
> facilitated a project meet up. The ISPs and those impacted landowners were
> brought into the same room. A project overview was provided, questions
> aired, challenges discussed, and a commitment that the applications will
> not sit on a desk - move in a certain time period. We had also built an
> online contact applications that anyone can draw a route and a listing of
> contacts will be provided for download. We are talking about reviving that
> applications. Take a look, yet now only NM DOT and County contacts are
> informed and both extremely dated. The route function is not working.
Progress in this area seems to me like the best bang/buck. I worked on a
fiber project in Las Cruces several years ago that was 1000' long and had 3
separate contacts. It eventually died because applications were just
sitting on desks for months, kicked back, re-submitted, and then sitting
for months again. A statute or regulation saying "an application must
receive a response in X days or it's automatically approved" might get
people moving....
- ISP: NMBBP pushed out a request to ISPs within New Mexico for their
> coverage by technology type. We have over 150 ISPs within NM, yet received
> only a fraction of those. However, got most of the big companies. Since
> we'll be putting together a "Broadband Grant Program" those data will be
> extremely important to plan the expenditure of resources. Those who did not
> provide us data, we'll download the FCC Form477 data. Hence, we may look at
> those data as secondary for planning.
Is there a way to find out (a) if an ISP provided info and (b) provide that
info if it wasn't? I certainly missed the memo and have some info to add,
maybe some others on the list do, as well.
-Michael
On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 4:26 PM Clarke, George, DoIT <
george.clarke at state.nm.us> wrote:
> Thank you for that Akkana and G-Day to you all:
>
> With regards to the dialogue below, I'll attempt to provide some clear
> thinking to the assumptions and answers to your questions -
>
> - OBAE: The Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) is in the
> construction phase that has begun with the recent hiring of an "Broadband
> Advisor" to the Governor. The individual is Matt Schmit who comes to us
> very qualifief for the job having been the Broadband Director for the State
> of Illinois. We've had a series of meetings, and traction is happening.
>
> - History: We are extremely grateful that we've finally gotten some
> funding and an organizational structure to implement. Some of you do not
> know, yet the Department of Information Technology (DoIT) NM Broadband
> Program started with a $4.7M NTIA grant with a five year term during the
> ARRA Days. Following that DoIT limped the program along with temporary
> funding. The only legislative recurring funding received since 2010 was
> $100K. Yes, difficult for DoIT to "Do" given no cash to "Do". In 2020 $10M
> was appropriated though not recurring nor for operations/staff. The 2021
> legislation lifed the shoes off the ground, and we are extremely grateful
> that we've got something to work with. If interested in the 2021
> legislation, please note the following links -
> - HB10: https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0010.pdf
> - SB93: https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/SB0093.pdf
> - SB377: https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/SB0377.pdf
> - HB285:
> https://nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?Chamber=H&LegType=B&LegNo=285&year=21
>
> - Projects: With the funds in hand DoIT has funded partially with match
> or fully projects in Lea County, Sierra County, Cochiti Pueblo,
> Jal/Carlsbad, Navajo Nation, Edgewood, and northern NM. Funds were also
> allocated to prepare a NM Broadband Strategic Plan (June 2020), develop a
> community broadband survey instrument, and continue our mapping program.
> Note we will be expanding the Community Survey into other areas who wish it.
> - NMBBP Strategic Plan:
> https://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/reports/nmbbp_strategic20200616Rev2Final.pdf
> - NMBBP Map: https://nmbbmapping.org/mapping/
> - Community Survey (Dona Ana):
> https://www.donaanabroadband.com/?language=en
>
> - Other: NMBBP is also in discussion with potential projects in
> Counties, Land Grants, Colonia, and Tribal Lands.
>
> - RFP: DoIT also pushed out a Request for Proposals to support Broadband
> Planning, Grant Writing, and Infrastructure Implementation that is
> available to political subdivisions. Those vendors are being used by local
> entities in support of federal funding opportunities. Hit the link and
> search on "Broadband".
> - SPD:
> https://www.generalservices.state.nm.us/state-purchasing/statewide-price-agreements/
>
> - NM TAP: The NM Technical Assistance Program (NM TAP) has received ten
> proposals as a response to DoIT's NM Broadband Program Request for
> Information (RFI). We intend to support all of them, yet due to resource
> issues we'll need to stagger them. The targeted areas include Taos, Deming,
> Socorro, Santa Fe Ski Area, Silver City, Western NM rural communities,
> Eastern rural communities, Abiquiu and surrounds, Pecos and surrounds, and
> Deming. More detail will be available once we start implementing the work.
> If you'd like more information, hit our website that includes some great
> webinars we hosted regarding federal funding.
> - NM TAP: https://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/tap.shtml
>
> - NMSC: NMBBP is extremely active in especially providing analytics to
> the NM Student Connect Project, a multi agency collaboration that has
> resulted in nearly $100M applications to the Emergency Connect Fund (ECF)
> and the Emergency Broadband Benefit program. Data is being verified, yet
> preliminary stats show 44,254 connections and 114,652 devices for ECF
> applications alone. We've negotiated with Starlink for 911 connections of
> which Cuba is a part of that puzzle. In addition, a Help Desk has been
> implemented that includes languages in Dine, Tewa, and Spanish. To align
> with all of this is a Data Casting Project in partner with NM Public
> Television. More info at the following link -
> - NMSC: https://nmstudentconnect.org/
>
> - Speed Test: We've build a front end to collect more granular
> information. OBAE/NMBBP is planning a first quarter statewide speedtest
> launch that hopefully will touch residential and business locations.
> - NMBBP Speed: https://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/speedtest.shtml
>
> - ROW: Part of the statuate requirements is to address ROW Permitting.
> NMBBP/DoIT was on the verge of implementing something years ago, yet no
> funding to sustain it. What worked as a bandaid during the ARRA days DoIT
> facilitated a project meet up. The ISPs and those impacted landowners were
> brought into the same room. A project overview was provided, questions
> aired, challenges discussed, and a commitment that the applications will
> not sit on a desk - move in a certain time period. We had also built an
> online contact applications that anyone can draw a route and a listing of
> contacts will be provided for download. We are talking about reviving that
> applications. Take a look, yet now only NM DOT and County contacts are
> informed and both extremely dated. The route function is not working.
> - ROW: http://nmbbmapping.org/rightofway/
>
> - ISP: NMBBP pushed out a request to ISPs within New Mexico for their
> coverage by technology type. We have over 150 ISPs within NM, yet received
> only a fraction of those. However, got most of the big companies. Since
> we'll be putting together a "Broadband Grant Program" those data will be
> extremely important to plan the expenditure of resources. Those who did not
> provide us data, we'll download the FCC Form477 data. Hence, we may look at
> those data as secondary for planning.
>
> - Engagement: We are discussing a need to reingnite our community
> engagement strategy. Years ago we had a simple newsletter that included
> 1stMile. Important to reestablish that communication in hopes that
> constructive thinking can be realized.
>
> There is more to add, yet I wanted to respond to the rhetoric noted below
> that infers we are doing nothing. Lot is going on in response to the needs
> of our communities.
>
> Happy New Year. Gar Clarke
>
>
> Gar Clarke
> NM Geospatial Information Officer
> NM Broadband Project Manager
> Agency Tribal Liaison
> Department of Information Technology
> Simms Building
> 715 Alta Vista Street
> Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
> Email: george.clarke at state.nm.us
> Desk: 505.827-1663
> Cell: 505.690-1661
> DoIT Web: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/
> GAC Web: http://www.gac.state.nm.us
> NMBBP Web: https://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/index.shtml
> Take a Broadband Speed Test: New Mexico Broadband Program - Broadband
> Speed/Quality Test (state.nm.us)
> FOR COVID-19 INFORMATION & GUIDANCE: https://cv.nmhealth.org/
> NM CORONAVIRUS HOTLINE: 1-855-600-3453
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 1st-mile-nm <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org> On Behalf Of
> Akkana Peck
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2021 2:25 PM
> To: 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [1st-mile-nm] US Feds to increase costs for access
> to Federal Land for broadband
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> A web search found:
> https://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/
>
> They have a map of availability of various types of broadband, which is
> about as reliable as such maps usually are -- who knew that most of the
> lower Bandelier back country had fiber? -- and a page on the Technical
> Assistance Program to help qualified government entities who are seeking to
> deploy or expand broadband infrastructure, with a soft application date of
> 17 October 2021 for proposals. I wonder how many proposals they actually
> got.
>
> They also have a link to a speed test that implies that they'll actually
> collect speeds and make them part of their map.
> So I encourage everyone to go there,
> https://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/speedtest.shtml
> even if you already know your connection speed, and especially if you have
> a slow link and want to make sure they include that in their data.
>
> ...Akkana
>
> Nan Rubin writes:
> > At the beginning of this year, the legislative session approved a
> > multi-million dollar allocation for a centralized broadband office, to
> > coordinate all these disparate interests and getting broadband
> > deployed, coordinating grant applications to ensure that there won't
> > be a lot of competition among municipalities, and so we know who's
> > applying for what, and to prioritize where services need to go and
> > direct resources in two into those areas. That was nearly a year ago.
> > Do we know if this office has been set up, and has a broadband czar
> > been named to the state of New Mexico? I haven't seen anything about
> > it down here in Las Cruces, no news whether this has been put in place
> > or whatever. So please tell us Richard, do you know if this is going
> > on so we can make our positions known? Thanks much! When I saw that
> > the money had been allocated by the state to set up the broadband
> > coordinating office, I was hoping it would get established pretty
> > quickly. Here it is a year later and no news. Maybe we need to keep
> > making noise to make sure that this gets done as soon as possible?...
> > 0 best to everyone for the new year! Nan Ruben
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