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class=308222214-13022008>Greetings-</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=308222214-13022008>I am always anxious to read the commentary and
thoughtful postings on this list. I am a librarian and technologist who wants to
see to it that New Mexicans have access to a statewide broadband network that
runs on a statewide backbone. Whether the circuits are leased, owned or
otherwise made available through local arrangements, I believe the
infrastructure needs to be managed from a central, non-telco, entity.
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class=308222214-13022008>I am relatively new to the state. I lived and worked in
New Mexico in the late 70s. I attended UNM briefly during the same period. Since
that time, I have visited the state many times, usual on an annual basis. For
the past decade, I was employed by the University of Missouri System. While
there, I was part of a team that helped to build a statewide resource sharing
network for virtually every academic library in the state. While the project had
a positive outcome, it could not have been undertaken or accomplished without
the assistance of an organization called MOREnet (and the financial support of
the state).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Calibri size=3><SPAN
class=308222214-13022008>MOREnet is, for lack of a better term, a super ISP,
affiliated with the UM System. The organization works with telcos and others to
supply broadband connectivity to institutions of higher education (public and
private), schools (K-12), and libraries throughout the state. The result of this
effort is a high speed in-state backbone that is managed by MOREnet staff up to
the hundreds of routers that terminate at the various
participating institutions. Institutions pay for this advanced
connectivity, but at a price that is usually less than they could afford to pay
on their own. The state also contributes significant dollars to the
enterprise.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Calibri size=3><SPAN
class=308222214-13022008>Sorry for the long note, but I cannot help but wonder
why we cannot do something similar in New Mexico. I know it works, and with a
few tweaks here and there, I think the concept described above could be expanded
to go the 1st Mile in NM.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Calibri size=3><SPAN
class=308222214-13022008>I am not a telecommunications expert or a networking
guru, so please forgive my ignorance, but I know success when I see it. For
those of you out there who may already know this story, I apologize for
retelling here. My intent (as a newbie) is to find out more about what all
of you think we can do to help the people of NM.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Calibri size=3><SPAN
class=308222214-13022008>For more information on what I am writing about, see
the following sites:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Calibri size=3><SPAN
class=308222214-13022008><A
href="http://www.more.net/about/index.html">http://www.more.net/about/index.html</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Calibri size=3><SPAN
class=308222214-13022008><A
href="http://mobius.missouri.edu">http://mobius.missouri.edu</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Calibri size=3><SPAN
class=308222214-13022008>Gary L. Harris</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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