ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -
Rural telecommunications company Sacred Wind Communications has announced it has completed the first-ever redundant fiber line connecting Albuquerque and Gallup in New Mexico.
Sacred Wind CEO John Badal said in the announcement Wednesday that the new line will connect hospitals, point of sale devices and emergency services.
“The pandemic has skyrocketed the demand for broadband across the country and our territory is no exception,” Badal said.
The project will allow rural and tribal communities between the two cities to have faster and more reliable internet access, Badal said.
“It’s already providing much higher capacity to our part of New Mexico,” he said.
Funding for the fiber line came from a nearly $14 million low-interest loan from the federal Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
Sacred Winds focuses on providing telecommunication access to the Navajo reservation and other communities in rural New Mexico.
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