Can't speak for all the WedTech gang, of course, but I sure would be interested.
-tj On 8/28/07, Richard Lowenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>So if Crownpoint can get hi-speed cnx, why not Santa Fe? > -tj > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > NAVAJO NATION TRIBAL COUNCIL MEDIA RELEASE --- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > AUGUST 28, 2007 > > On August 15th, Council Delegate Leonard Tsosie Convened the 10th Internet > to the Hogans meeting featuring The National Lambda Rail Agreement between > the University of New Mexico and Navajo Technical College.<< > > > Tom, > Good question. The devil is in the details. Two points: > It is my understanding that the agreement has been signed, but > connectivity is not yet provided to Crownpoint. It will be via > microwave, I'm told. > > Also, I just completed a contracted report for Santa Fe County, providing > an assessment of options and a set of recommendations for bringing > LambdaRail and/or other 'open' fiber to the Business Park in the Community > College District (I-25 @ Hwy. 14), and other potential area community > connections. In my assessment, I found out a lot about (current lack of > access to) NM LambdaRail and Wire New Mexico; Qwest and other fiber along > the BNSF rail line; potential deployment along new RailRunner construction > to Santa Fe; and total lack of conduit or fiber along I-25 (NM DOT right > of way). I also costed out options to bring new 'open access' fiber from > Albuquerque to Santa Fe, as well as investment partner potential. Lots > more in the works. > > If there is interest, I'd be pleased to provide a summary discussion of > this and a State Broadband initiative that I'm waiting to hear back about, > at a WedTech in the near future, if interested or appropriate. > > Richard > > ------------------------------------------------ > Richard Lowenberg > P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > 505-989-9110, 505-603-5200 cell > > New Mexico Broadband Initiative > www.1st-mile.com/newmexico > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." -- Buckminster Fuller ==========================================
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