Fiber

The federal, state and local governments of this country need to wake up soon to our lagging broadband connectivity and equipment manufacturing. The New York Time's Thomas Friedman said this morning that in the year 2000, America was number one. Now, it ranks 16th. This is bad news.

I worked as a consulant with a company (Road 9) for the last few years that is in the business of creating fiber optic networks in new planned communities, such as Campbell Ranch, Mesa Del Sol and Mariposa in Albuquerque. These fiber optic systems would protect homes and businesses from becoming obsolete since fiber works at the speed of light with extremely high capacities.

The State, Cities and Counties should eventually mandate this kind of infrastructure in all new residential and commercial centers in New Mexico. Sadly, not much is being done other than putting in major fiber lines. The 'last mile solutions' are being ignored and that will harm us in the future.

Very few developers will do these systems on their own because it is an unfamiliar business to them. They just rely on Cable TV company or the phone company to come in and put in as little as they can get away with. Our local and state governments should demand more.

One successful project we brought together for this full service fiber optics to the home was in Loreto Bay, Mexico. This new planned community located on the Sea of Cortez will far out perform just about all projects being done in this country. Think about that for a moment.