
“Three years ago, we covered the early planning behind New Mexico Fiber Network (NMFN), which aimed to unify rural, regional providers into a scalable, independent network.” Today, NMFN is about to light up a stand alone midde-mile network to help serve the communications needs of the region. NMFN brings together a set of rural, regional providers to assemble an independent statewide network. New Mexico itself has long been bypassed by most national infrastructure players. But that is changing, and the state’s unique charms are starting to bring it some infrastructure attention. To see where things are now and where they are headed, we had a chat with NMFN Chairman Jim Meyers, with some additional bits from CEO David Jimenez, and COO Jerimiah Cole. [Read more →]