Building (Network) Connections One Community at a Time
What it takes
What is UNM-ABQG Albuquerque GigaPop (ABQG) was established by Information Technologies at the University of New Mexico Aggregation point of networks to provide highbandwidth accessibility to the State of New Mexico.
ABQG Collaborators Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) AT&T Solutions Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) Cerelink City of Albuquerque ENMR ESNET Internet To The Hogans (ITTH) KNME-TV Los Alamos National Labs (LANL) Navajo Technical College (NTC) New Mexico Computing Application Center (NMCAC) New Mexico Council for Higher Education Computing/Communication Services (CHECS) New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) New Mexico Mining & Technology (NM Tech) New Mexico State University (NMSU) PacketRail Regional Economic Development Initiative Open Networks (REDINet) Sandoval County Santa Fe Regional Community Consortium Santa Fe Regional Telecommunications Commission (SFRTC) State of New Mexico, Department of Information Technology (DoIT)
ABQG Recent Project Shrek Forever After and How to Train Your Dragon These high-profile films were rendered remotely in New Mexico through the high-speed connection provided by ABQG, and have opened the door to many other film and media possibilities in the state.
Within New Mexico Cities CHECSNet Aggregation at ABQG CHECS-Net is a collaborative, self-funded educational intranet network for the State of New Mexico
Within The Region The Western Regional Network is a multi-state partnership to provide advanced, robust high-speed networking for research, education, and related uses. WRN Members: Pacific Northwest GigaPop (PNWGP) Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) University of New Mexico - ABQG Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC).
WRN Members Collaboration Example How to Cross the Rocky Mountains?
ABQG Members Collaboration Example Crownpoint How to Cross New Mexico wide open spaces? Albuquerque
In Plain Sight But Forgotten Roughly the size of West Virginia, Navajo land encompasses 16 million acres in northeastern Arizona and parts of Utah and New Mexico. With 298,215 members 173,987living on the reservation the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United States.
The Navajo reservation is larger than 10 of the 50 United States. Navajo land has 9,286 miles of public roads, with 78 percent of them dirt or gravel, according to the Navajo Transportation Department.
By The Percentages 44 percent unemployment 56 percent residents living below the poverty line 37 percent vs 95 percent US telephone penetration 32 percent of the housing units on the reservation lack complete plumbing.
Dramatic Desert Vistas And though undeniably beautiful, the remote and rugged terrain has made it difficult to develop an effective and affordable telecommunications system.
The White Rock Chapter house is in a remote area 160 miles northwest of Albuquerque. When Harold Skow, the nation s IT director, tried to obtain standard landline phone service, a local provider quoted a price of $100,000 and that was without broadband.
Most view Navajo culture from novels!!! How does one overcome years, decades, centuries of being mistreated? Two G s Go and Get
Go there Driving Miles and Miles
Get to Know Traditions
Many Popular Traditions are Result of Adapting
How to Prevent NAVAJO NATION'S INTERNET SERVICE TO BE CUT OFF Thursday, April 03, 2008
Adapting Using Students The tower is the first step in building a major wireless data pipe between Crownpoint and the GigaPop at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Using high-bandwidth OC3 155-megabit-per-second transmissions to connect to National Lambda Rail and Internet2
The Vision Internet to the Hogans (ITTH) is a movement to connect northwest New Mexico to the Internet and digital television, expanding access to services like distance education and telehealth. One day, Council Delegate Tsosie would like to see PBS s Big Bird speak English and Navajo
What do you get with Good Collaboration From EDUCAUSE Joint Presentation
And Good Connectivity
Building (People) Connections One Community at a Time Navajo Tech Students ABQG Staff Ed May, Cris Landgraf, Louella Phillips, Paul Chang Photo: Chris Corrie Librarian Jeannie Whitehorse and student Jared Ribble are examples of Navajo technology evangelists, pushing out new tools with old-world respect for their nation s culture. Chris Yazzie Information Technology technician