[1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County

[John Badal]

Kevin,

If you delete on the map all the types of broadband providers serving  the East Mountains (along old State Rte 14), then click on Wireless, then Fixed Wireless, you'll see something interesting that occurs everywhere depicted on the state BBd map:  the map shows universal coverage of broadband by wireless as if topography has no play at all in the service.  A propagation map depicting merely the radius of a wireless signal , without consideration  of the terrain, will not provide accurate information about the reach of the signal or the strength of the signal.  I discount the assertions by wireless companies that they can provide XX amount of bandwidth unless true wave propagation is shown.  For example, the one good fixed wireless company that I'm familiar with in the east mountains, shooting from Sandia Peak, is NMSurf.  But even they cannot provide service through the trees that surround homes in San Pedro Creek and portions of Paa-ko, or violate the physics of a Frenzel Zone,  unless far taller subscriber masts are used, which the company doesn't normally provide. The bbnd map, too, shows DSL available -- that's fine but customers out there are well aware that 1.5Mbps is their limit. 

John

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From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall)
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 10:09 AM
To: John Brown
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Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County

Drew, John,

The NM Broadband Map seems to confirm what John notes in his reply about DSL and fixed wireless providers in that area.  

See attached screenshot photo from https://nmbbmapping.org/mapping/.   

But I am not sure who those folks are.  Perhaps someone here can confirm.  If not, let me know and I will try to find out.  (And if coverage not actually available where map says it is, that should be flagged for NM DoIT, which maintains the NM Broadband map.)

Best,

Kevin

Kevin Cummins
Office of Sen. Tom Udall

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Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 11:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County

I believe there are several wireless providers that have coverage in that area.

I know HigherSpeed Internet has been recently making significant investment into better backbone.
They have invested tens of thousands in new FCC licensed microwave capacity and are pushing more than 100Mb/s worth of traffic.
That is up 100% from a little more than a year ago.  They are also working on augmenting their distribution side as well.

Lobo may also cover that area, not sure.

Cibola Wireless may also cover



On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:20 AM, drew einhorn <drew.einhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I ask these questions every few months in a bunch of places.
>
> Does anybody know of anyone (besides CenturyLink) providing service on 
> NM
> 337 (old S14) south of NM 217?
>
> So far the only answer I've gotten is: "Sorry, no service for you!"
>
> I'm so tired of 1.5 mbit dsl.
>
> Does anyone have anything good to say about any of the satellite providers?
>
> I had satellite service a long time ago and it didn't really work.  
> I'm sure it's gotten better.  But a new neighbor moved in next door, 
> ordered sat tv and internet.  The installer said their internet really 
> didn't work.  So I'm not hopeful.
>
> I really hope the FCC does turn back the clock a bit, and impose 
> service standards.  And reinstates fees to fund rural infrastructure.
> CenturyLink has demonstrated that they will not invest in rural 
> infrastructure, unless they get someone else to pay for it.
>
> --
> Drew Einhorn
>
> "You can see a lot by just looking."
>   --  Yogi Berra
>
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