[1st-mile-nm] EducationSuperHighway-2018-State of the States Report

[Richard Lowenberg]

Education Superhighway, contracted by the State of New Mexico, has just 
posted its annual report on nationwide schools networking upgrade 
initiatives.

https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/esh-sots-pdfs/2018%20State%20of%20the%20States.pdf


The New Mexico Report is online at:
http://stateofthestates.educationsuperhighway.org/?postalCd=NM#future

Here are some exerpts from the NM report:

99% of school districts can access the Internet at speeds of 100 
kbps/student.
10,579 students still need

620 schools have fiber infrastructure

13 schools still need scalable broadband
Of the 13, 71% are Rural and 29% are Urban
13 schools without fiber can get connected with the support of E-rate 
and state matching funds.

Since 2015, the cost of broadband in New Mexico has decreased by 66%.
This compares to a 72% decrease nationally.

Since 2015, schools in New Mexico have utilized $23M in federal Wi-Fi 
funding to upgrade Wi-Fi and their internal networks.

This year $5.3M in Wi-Fi funding must be accessed by 19 school districts 
or it will expire.




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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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