Albuquerque, New Mexico, to be Connected Through Fiber-Optic Internet

The City of Albuquerque (NM) has finalized its license agreement with Vexus Fiber, a Texas-based Internet company, to begin construction on a 100 percent fiber-optic network that will be available everywhere in the city with direct, cutting-edge internet access to all homes and businesses. With better performing, future-proof technology, the fiber network will support Albuquerque’s residents and businesses needs now and into the future at prices similar to and even lower than what other internet service providers currently charge. Fiber internet gives users greater bandwidth to carry more information at higher speeds with equal download and upload speeds of 150 Mbps, 400 Mbps, and 1Gig. Vexus Fiber participates in the Federal Communications Commission’s Affordable Connectivity Program, so customers are eligible for a $30 per month subsidy on internet service if the household makes less than 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level or an individual participates in certain government assistance programs. Albuquerque lags nationally in internet-connected households and currently only about 10 percent of households in the Metro participate in the Affordable Connectivity Program.