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Rural NM has some of the worst high speed internet access. Here’s what the federal government is doing to address the disconnect.

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Rural NM has some of the worst high speed internet access. Here's what the federal government is doing to address the disconnect.

Horacio Lizama, left, of Medanales, and Juan Andres Maestas, of Abiqui, work on one of several computers supplied to El Rito Library Thursday. Eddie Moore / Diary EL RITO VHS tapes of Saving Private Ryan and Gone with the Wind can be rented at the El Rito Library. Many venues can’t get high-speed internet access, … Read more

Huge fiber loop planned around Tucson to boost Internet service for rural Pima County

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Huge fiber loop planned around Tucson to boost Internet service for rural Pima County

Pima County is slated to obtain a 134-mile line of fiber Internet infrastructure to create a ring encircling the urban core of Tucson, intended to provide high-speed Internet access to rural and historically underserved areas. The Biden administration on Friday announced more than $930 million in grants for high-speed Internet infrastructure across the country, of … Read more

Residents affected by fiber outage in rural Alaska turn to satellite internet, analog operations

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Residents affected by fiber outage in rural Alaska turn to satellite internet, analog operations

A cyclist crosses Front Street in Nome on June 28, 2019. (Bill Roth/ADN) Since a fiber outage last weekend left several communities in Northwest Alaska and the North Slope without Internet and cellular service, telecommunications service providers have been scrambling to get connectivity back up and some agencies, residents and companies are adapting to pursue … Read more