Community Broadband Network News
Check here to stay up to date on the efforts the county is making to improve internet connectivity. Together with staff, council, and community input, we are taking steps forward in providing better broadband options for you. Opportunities for your input are coming soon. Watch for social media posts that may include coming to this page and learning how you can submit a broadband survey and internet service speed test.
Broadband Survey (Valid Sample Mailing)
A survey was mailed on September 30, 2022, to a randomly selected sample of residents. The survey instructs individuals to complete the paper survey and drop it in the mail by October 21 or take the survey online at lacnm.com/BroadbandSurvey by 11:59 p.m., October 28.
SPEED TEST: Further, to evaluate the quality and performance of the survey taker's network and to account for varying conditions, individuals are requested to perform online speed tests at their homes multiple times over several days by visiting https://speedsurveyapp.com/surveys/los-alamos/. Individuals will be prompted to provide their unique identifier code found on the back cover of the paper survey. This will permit CTC to match your survey responses to your speed test results.
Broadband Survey (All Community Members)
The online broadband survey and speed tests is open up to everyone in the community as of October 14. To take the survey residents are encouraged to visit: https://lacnm.com/BroadbandSurvey.
SPEED TEST: Further, to evaluate the quality and performance of the survey taker's network and to account for varying conditions, individuals are requested to perform online speed tests at their homes multiple times over several days by visitinghttps://speedsurveyapp.com/surveys/los-alamos/.
The survey and speed test will close for everyone by 11:59 p.m. on October 28, 2022.
Community Broadband Forum
Los Alamos County held a Community Broadband Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 5:30 p.m. at the White Rock Fire Station 3. If you missed it, you can watch it here.
Broadband 101:
Vocabulary we often use to talk about broadband includes "last mile" and "middle mile." Last mile simply refers to the internet cables (copper, coax cable, or fiber optic) coming from the street into your home. Middle mile, for Los Alamos, refers to the internet feed coming into the County from the outside. Progress is slow, but daily work on these two items is resulting in steady movement forward. Funding opportunities don't always pan out and take a while to move through their own due process. At some point in the future, the county will have made some decisions related to options on how to proceed with broadband related projects. Once those decisions have been made, project plans will be communicated here, so everyone can follow the timeline progress.