[1st-mile-nm] Pueblo of Zia awarded federal broadband grant

[Richard Lowenberg]

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA) announced today it has awarded 18 grants as part 
of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP).  The new grants 
total $224,479,717.83, among 18 tribal entities in 11 states.

https://ntia.gov/press-release/2022/biden-harris-administration-announces-more-224-million-high-speed-internet-grants

Pueblo of Zia, the latest NM awardee, is to receive $4,695,868.82

The Pueblo of Zia Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes 
to install fiber to directly connect 228 unserved Native American 
households and 13 unserved community anchor institutions with qualifying 
broadband service with up to 1Gbps symmetrical speeds.




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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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