[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: High-Speed Networking between New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California

[Richard Lowenberg]

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Subject: High-Speed Networking between New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and 
California
Date: 2018-04-16 10:02
 From: AbqGig <info at abqgig.net >

RSVP: Google Form [https://goo.gl/forms/IDk2UBXtvy5oZ3eE3 ]

Please join us to discuss current initiatives and future partnerships in
the establishment of improved network accessibility, affordability,
availability, and reliability along the Interstate-40 (I-40) Corridor.
The meeting will be hosted by Sun Corridor Network
(https://suncorridornet.org/), bigbyte.cc Corp (http://bigbyte.cc) and
AbqGig (mailto: info at abqgig.net ).

This meeting will address the absence of available fiber along the I-40
corridor limits reliable redundant paths for core fiber services that
are increasingly critical to institutions, businesses, and communities
in California, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico.  Moreover, the tribal
communities along I-40 are among the least connected populations in the
United States. Adoption and use of the Internet along the I-40
communities for education training, health and wellness, economic
development, and services delivery is, on average, well below 25
percent. These disconnected rural communities are placed at significant
disadvantage and further risk against both general public policy goals
and more personal aspirations that are left unfilled due to the lack of
21st century robust Internet network services availability.

There are a variety of initiatives and conversations about improving
broadband networks among tribal, federal, state, community and private
entities.  Our broad vision in the Sun Corridor Network and our
collaborators in New Mexico, California, and Nevada is to develop a
strategic pathway among a broad coalition of the willing to catalyze the
planning, deployment, and accelerated use of robust network
infrastructure to support the needs of both the K-20 education systems
along the I-40 corridor and facilitate both public and private
opportunities in communities among the isolated rural communities along
the I-40 corridor.

To facilitate this conversation, the Sun Corridor Network is holding
meetings in Kingman, Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, Gallup, New Mexico,
and in Albuquerque, New Mexico to collect data regarding networking
needs, issues, and opportunities.

We hope you or your designee will be able to contribute your interests,
insights, and questions to this vital issue. Please join us.

When:  Thursday, April 26 @ 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Location:  bigbyte.cc, Cafeteria, 123 Central Avenue NW, Albuquerque, NM
87102.

Parking:  Located in Joy Junction parking lot on the corner of 1st and
Copper.  An attendant will be in a parking booth and will direct you to
a space.  Enter bigbyte facility through the red door.

For more information: Ricardo Aguilar (info at abqgig.net ) or Alex 
Trujillo
(atrujillo at bigbyte.cc )

Please RSVP Google Form [https://goo.gl/forms/52LnfnbBAlG47CMl1 ] by
Wednesday, April 25th to have access to the meeting room.

We look forward to seeing you on the 26th!

Ricardo Aguilar and Alex Trujillo



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