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<div style="">Lets look at the real eco-system here.<br>
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Email is "hosted through"... Actually if you dig into DNS and check out the MX record for their email server you will see that its hosted with MSN.NET in Colorado.<br>
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So the money flow is from nmfirst.org to stillsolutions.com, who then pay MicroSoft for virtual hosting via MS's outlook.com hosting site. I would suspect that the bulk of the money goes OUT OF STATE.<br>
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Website, local developer. That's good. The spin words are "on a national hosted platform, using his NM license on this platform".<br>
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Begs the question "What NM License" is required to host a website.. ???<br>
Or, what does a "license" have to do with the reality here at all? Or is it just good sounding words to make it seem more local. Oh, he has a NM License...<br>
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The web server, its content, and the money that pays for it goes to a hosting company located in NEW YORK CITY.
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Ms. Balas, the point here is that as a technologist, I see nothing these OUT OF STATE vendors are providing NMFIRST, that could not be done by any number of truly local companies.<br>
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Despite other comments, I believe any number of them could do it for equal or less money.<br>
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While we are talking about spending money. <br>
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Questions: (based on research data I have received)<br>
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Why has the State Library and NM First paid someone from Illinois to write the State Broadband Report.??? Do people in Illinois understand what our "State Question" is ??<br>
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Why has DoIT spent State and Federal money with an East Coast firm to develop a Broadband Guide? I thought NM had some of the highest number of PhD's per capita in the country/world??<br>
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Don't we have smart people here that can create a NM Community Broadband Guide ??<br>
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Couldn't someone like Crestino or others provide these design and engineering services ??<br>
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Folks, if we are going to get Federal $$ and State money to improve OUR STATE, then WE THE PEOPLE, need to make sure those dollars STAY IN OUR STATE.<br>
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VIVA NEW MEXICO. VIVA SPEND LOCALLY<br>
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John Brown, speaking for me...<br>
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<div style="direction: ltr;" id="divRpF190489"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> 1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org [1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org] on behalf of Heather Balas [heatherb@nmfirst.org]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 01, 2012 4:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> '1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [1st-mile-nm] New Mexico First<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hi there. There were a couple questions posted this week regarding New Mexico First and the upcoming Statewide Broadband Summit, which is convened by the New Mexico State Library.
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">There was a misconception that the summit was not announced on the 1<sup>st</sup>-Mile-NM list serve. The event was posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 8:09 AM.
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">There is a misconception that New Mexico First does not use in-state vendors for technology services.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We actually use a local NM developer
<a href="http://practicallyinspired.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">http://practicallyinspired.com</span></a> to create our website. This developer builds websites on a national hosted platform, using his NM license on this platform. Similarly,
our email is hosted through the Albuquerque company <a href="http://stillsolutions.com" target="_blank">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://stillsolutions.com</span></a>. I highly recommend both firms!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I know that many of you are registered for the summit on Friday. I look forward to seeing you there!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Heather Balas</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">President</span></p>
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