[1st-mile-nm] USDA Rural Broadband Investment

[Richard Lowenberg]

USDA Partners with Communities to Bring High-Speed Broadband 
e-Connectivity Infrastructure to Rural Areas

More than 27,000 Businesses and Residents to Get Improved e-Connectivity

https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2018/11/13/usda-partners-communities-bring-high-speed-broadband-e-connectivity

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural 
Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is investing in 
infrastructure projects in a dozen states to improve e-Connectivity in 
rural communities.

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In New Mexico, the Tularosa Basin Telephone Company Inc. will use an 
$11.8 million loan to improve telecommunications for nearly 10,000 
customers in the Carrizozo, Cloudcroft and Tularosa exchanges. Tularosa 
will build 176 miles of fiber-optic facilities, construct new 
fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) facilities, and upgrade digital subscriber 
line (DSL) and FTTP electronics. The improvements will enhance the 
company’s services and provide subscribers voice and higher broadband 
speeds.

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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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