<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">I looked over the web site,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">  <span class="gmail_default"></span><a href="https://www.sceye.com/">https://www.sceye.com/</a>  .</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">Interesting.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">It will be more interesting to see that report, which I assume</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">will be public when it's finished.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">-TLT</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace"></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 13:44:52 -0600<br>
From: Richard Lowenberg <<a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.org" target="_blank">rl@1st-mile.org</a>><br>
To: 1st-mile Nm <<a href="mailto:1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org" target="_blank">1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org</a>><br>
Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Question about NM-Sceye Inc. Contract ?<br>
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 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"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"></span>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><br>
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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director<br>
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200<br>
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,<br>
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