<div dir="ltr">It seems like $3.2M could build an awful lot of fixed microwave infrastructure, even if it had to be completely off-grid...<br><br>Are there additional legal barriers to getting ROW or other issues with fixed wireless on tribal land?<div><br></div><div>-Michael</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 1:44 PM Richard Lowenberg <<a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.org">rl@1st-mile.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> From the May 07, 2021 • Theresa Davis, Albuquerque Journal<br>
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New Mexico Examines Barriers to Navajo Internet Access<br>
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Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the COVID-19 pandemic has <br>
highlighted the Internet gaps across the 27,000-square-mile reservation. <br>
Only 46 percent of households on tribal lands have basic broadband <br>
access.<br>
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<a href="https://www.govtech.com/network/new-mexico-examines-barriers-to-navajo-internet-access" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.govtech.com/network/new-mexico-examines-barriers-to-navajo-internet-access</a><br>
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At the end of the article there is this sentence:<br>
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The state is also nearing completion on a $3.2 million contract for a <br>
Sceye Inc. study using blimp-like balloons to provide Internet, which <br>
could bridge the access gap for rural tribal areas.    <br>
<a href="https://www.sceye.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sceye.com/</a><br>
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Does anyone know more about this $3.2 million contract for a study ?<br>
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R.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div>Michael Harris</div><div>--</div><div>President, Visgence Inc.</div><div><a href="http://www.visgence.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">www.visgence.com</font></a></div></div>