Fiber is coming to 3,935 homes in northern New Mexico — nearly $40 million to close a stubborn gap

In the high country around Taos, slow or absent internet has meant driving to town for schoolwork, telehealth and business. Kit Carson Internet has begun a fiber build reaching 3,935 homes and premises across northern New Mexico, backed by nearly $40 million — including a $19.15 million USDA award — from a coalition of public and cooperative funders. Fiber in the ground is unglamorous; what it carries is not: a clinic visit without a two-hour drive, a student uploading homework at the kitchen table, a small business selling beyond the valley.

SDG 9 · Industry, innovation and infrastructure — Mechanism: infrastructure build