substantial portion of the land area is Indian reservations, I can tell you
that much of the Navaho reservation does not have *phone* service let alone
wireless coverage. Wireless coverage here is a very iffy thing outside of a
narrow band along the interstates. Now, that band does include many of the
smaller reservations including most of the Pueblos, but they have invested
substantially in casinos and probably do not have any more capital
available for call center infrastructure.
There are also cultural issues, and matters of common sense. There are
already a substantial number of call centers in New Mexico due to the cost
of labor here, and most people are familiar with the nature of the work.
Call centers tend to view employees as infinitely replaceable and also
usually are extremely anal about time-keeping. This is not a view of the
world that accords well with Native American views of time and of people.
The current thinking is away from this sort of project, and towards
marketing the state to the creative classes, ie people who have the means
to live where they want to:
http://www.createabq.org/
Dana
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> > 3) Some reservations may not have pre-existing
> > infrastructure to make
> > remote networking easy.
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