[1st-mile-nm] Santa Fe Fiber: Interview

[Richard Lowenberg]

Tune in to last week's Community Broadband Networks Podcast
with Sean Moody.

http://muninetworks.org/content/santa-fes-targeted-fiber-investment-community-broadband-bits-podcast-152

Santa Fe's Targeted Fiber Investment - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 152

Tue, May 26, 2015 | Posted by christopher

After Santa Fe found its residents and businesses were often paying the same rates for connections at half the speed of peers in Albuquerque, the City began investigating the local broadband market. This week on Community Broadband Bits, Sean Moody joins us to discuss the situation and what Santa Fe is doing to spur more investment.

Sean works in the Economic Development Division of the City as a Special Projects Administrator. He explains the bottleneck in middle mile access that allowed CenturyLink to charge higher rates for backhaul than are common in similar communities.

The City decided to invest $1 million in a new fiber link that would bypass the choke point and allow various independent companies to have a better choice for access to the wider Internet. Along the way, the City partnered with the state for additional benefits.



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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute          www.1st-mile.org  
P. O.  Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM    87504
505-603-5200                 rl at 1st-mile.org
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