[1st-mile-nm] 1st-mile-nm Digest, Vol 79, Issue 7

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>    1. Aztec Network Helps Save Lost Pets (Christopher Mitchell)
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> From: Christopher Mitchell <christopher at newrules.org>
> Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Aztec Network Helps Save Lost Pets
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> Sorta... fun story.
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> http://muninetworks.org/content/community-owned-network-new-mexico-helps-save-lost-pets
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> We recently learned about Aztec, New
> Mexico<http://www.aztecnm.gov/index.html>'s,
> free downtown Wi-Fi <http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term29>  so we
> decided to contact Wallace Begay, the IT Director, to find out more. This
> desert community of about 6,600 people not only offers the free service,
> but uses its fiber to serve government, schools, and even four-legged
> residents.
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> Begay tells us that in 1998 the city and school system coordinated to
> install the original fiber and the entities share ownership. The school
> wanted better, affordable connectivity for students while the city wanted
> economic development opportunities. Community leaders used E-rate funding
> and a Gates Foundation grant to construct the original fiber aerial route.
>
> The town provides water, wastewater, and electric services through
> municipal utilities with its SCADA system. The public library and all ten
> Aztec
> Municipal School<
> http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aztecschools.com%2F&ei=3fqDUbiWAovyyAHTjoGQCw&usg=AFQjCNHWsFHV6A1Sbw_8J9Zo77xYUpIJPQ&bvm=bv.45960087,d.aWc
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> facilities
> connect to the fiber network. Municipal government facilities also use the
> network.
>
> ....
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> http://muninetworks.org/content/community-owned-network-new-mexico-helps-save-lost-pets
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> Christopher Mitchell
> Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative
> Institute for Local Self-Reliance
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> http://www.muninetworks.org
> @communitynets
> 612-276-3456 x209
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