New Mexico broadband office launches updated internet access maps
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Updated · KOAT New Mexico · May 5
New Mexico broadband office launches updated internet access maps
5 articles · Updated · KOAT New Mexico · May 5
The tool lets users check availability, speeds, providers, speed-test data, Wi-Fi hotspots and expansion plans for more than 850,000 homes and businesses statewide.
Officials said the maps are intended to help residents, especially in rural areas, and local leaders see when faster service is coming and how broadband decisions are made.
The maps include projects backed by the Connect New Mexico Fund and American Rescue Plan Act, with nearly $200 million already supporting work and hundreds of millions more federal dollars planned.
As New Mexico builds fiber networks, why is it also planning a $70 million investment in Starlink satellite internet?
What is the biggest hurdle to New Mexico's billion-dollar plan for universal internet access by 2030?