I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Sen.Tom Udall and Rep. Ben Ray Lujan have created a YouTube video in support of a proposal to bring ultra-fast broadband Internet to Farmington. Google is offering ultra-high speed Internet service “at a competitive price” for between 50,000 and 500,000 people in a single or multiple communities in the United States.
The video, which features Lujan and Udall speaking to each other on video conference, is in response to a somewhat popular video by Franken that has 70,000 views and is supporting the candidacy of a town in Minnesota for the Google ultra-high speed internet.
So far, according to Google’s blog, Google has received “600 community responses to our request for information (RFI), and more than 190,000 responses from individuals” to bring high-speed internet to their communities.
Google writes:
Over the coming months, we’ll be reviewing the responses to determine where to build. As we narrow down our choices, we’ll be conducting site visits, meeting with local officials and consulting with third-party organizations. Based on a rigorous review of the data, we will announce our target community or communities by the end of the year.
Though what did we learn from the video with Lujan and Udall? That slow internet makes Lujan think Udall is a ninja.
