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.
Community Broadband RFP
Los Alamos County has issued an RFP to Design, Build, and Operate a Community Broadband Network. It opened on August 11, 2023. The deadline for submissions is September 21, 2023. For information and updates visit the RFP 24-11 Community Broadband Network webpage.
Community Broadband Forum
Los Alamos County held a Community Broadband Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 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.