[1st-mile-nm] Laguna Pueblo Broadband Announcement

[Richard Lowenberg]

Sacred Wind, NeoNova celebrate launch of Laguna Pueblo Broadband 
Network

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LAGUNA PUEBLO, N.M. and RALEIGH, N.C. (June 6, 2013) – NeoNova Network 
Services and Sacred Wind Communications will participate in a 
ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,  in Paraje 
Village, to celebrate the launch of the Laguna Pueblo Broadband Network 
in New Mexico.

The Laguna Pueblo Broadband Network is a comprehensive 
telecommunications system comprised of fiber-optic circuits, fixed 
wireless towers, and equipment that provides broadband and other 
high-speed Internet services to every home and building in the six 
villages of Laguna Pueblo. The $3.3 million total project was made 
possible through six coordinated Community Connect Grants through the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s RUS Broadband Initiatives Program .

Laguna Pueblo Gov. Richard Luarkie will kick off the ribbon-cutting 
event on Friday which also will include key dignitaries such as New 
Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner Theresa Becenti-Aguilar and a 
delegate from the office of U.S. Senator Tom Udall.
Sacred Wind Communications managed the construction of the network, and 
Sacred Wind Telesolutions will serve as the Internet Service Provider 
while mentoring  the Pueblo’s Utility Authority.  NeoNova, one of 
several public, private and non-profit entities involved in making the 
network possible, will provide subscriber services, network management, 
and professional services for the network.

The Laguna Pueblo is a Native American tribe of the Western Keresan 
Pueblo people. It is located in West-Central New Mexico and is home to 
approximately 8,000 people. Sacred Wind not only will serve as the 
Internet Service Provider, but the company also plans to provide 
internet use education for adults at locations throughout the village in 
classrooms donated by Albuquerque Public Schools.
“Sacred Wind is pleased and honored to be a part of Laguna’s 
telecommunications and information future,“ said John Badal, CEO of 
Sacred Wind Communications.  “The Pueblo has waited a long time for such 
advanced services, and it is only with the financial assistance of the 
federal government and the expertise of such folks as those at NeoNova 
that this system could be developed.”

NeoNova will provide Sacred Wind with a number of ISP solutions 
including Google Apps and other end-user applications administered 
through the NovaAdmin provisioning platform. The programs are designed 
to enhance the benefits of communication and collaboration, through the 
cloud, by combining high-end technology with premium customer support so 
residents of the Laguna Pueblo community can have superior broadband 
access and services.

“NeoNova is honored to help build a more vibrant community by 
exercising our core competency of servicing local ISPs,” said NeoNova 
CEO Ray Carey. “We are proud to be a part of Sacred Wind’s creative web 
of public, private and community partners, who passionately desire to 
enhance the Laguna Pueblo community from both an economic development 
and educational perspective.”

Editorial Contacts
RJ Moshay: NeoNova Network Services: (919) 473.5068 or 
rjmoshay at neonova.net
Noah Garrett: NGC Communications for NeoNova: (252) 423.1277 or 
noah at thinkngc.com
Sacred Wind Contact: John Badal (505) 821.5080 or 
jbadal at sacred-wind.com



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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir.
1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
www.1st-mile.com  rl at 1st-mile.com
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