Communications
With fiber optic cable stretching from corner-to-corner and border-to-border, the state of New Mexico and the Metro region offer:
The Strategic Telecommunications Alliance Resource Team (START) works closely with the economic development community to provide essential services to relocating and expanding businesses by tracking and documenting the high-tech communications network of Metro New Mexico.
Albuquerque obtains fiber optic from a number of providers across the country. High density business areas such as Downtown, the North I-25 Corridor, and Uptown are served by multiple telecommunications companies that own fiber optic cables, thus lowering connectivity costs. In early 2007, the state entered National LambdaRail, a nationwide fiber optic network that will provide state researchers and businesses with high-speed computer links.
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC) offer wholesale digital services ranging from DS1 to OC12, as well as dial-up, DSL, and high-speed point-to-point and Internet access:
Peering Points/Telecommunications Hotels:
Long distance carriers with facilities in New Mexico include:
Qwest Communications, the regional operating company for the state of New Mexico, connects customers in New Mexico through 77,000 miles of fiber optic cable.
The Qwest Communications telephony network:
