{"id":34188,"date":"2025-07-24T17:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/34188\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T17:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:06:08","slug":"nm-leads-nation-in-broadband-speed-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/34188\/","title":{"rendered":"NM Leads Nation In Broadband Speed Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"STATE News:<\/p>\n

ALBUQUERQUE \u2014 New Mexico achieved the largest year-over-year increase in broadband speeds nationally, with 20.5% more residents now accessing high-speed internet of 100\/20 Mbps or faster, according to Speedtest<\/a>\u00a0by Ookla data comparing the last six months of 2023 to the last half of 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe boost shows that more New Mexicans are achieving higher, more reliable broadband speeds,\u201d Jeff Lopez said, director of the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE). \u201cThis is a great sign of progress in our mission for wider and faster connectivity.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The speed increases are happening across the state for several reasons: more homes and businesses are gaining access to faster internet through new development, fiber technology is being prioritized for new broadband locations offering better latency and better-quality high-speed internet, and more New Mexicans are understanding that greater speeds are available.<\/p>\n

Areas experiencing the greatest improvements include:\u00a0<\/p>\n

South Santa Fe saw a 73% boost likely due to new development, with service provided by cable (Xfinity) and fixed wireless (NMSurf).\u00a0
\nRural Chaparral in Dona A\u00f1a and Otero counties experienced a 52% increase with five providers offering licensed fixed wireless, cable, and fiber broadband.\u00a0
\nNavajo Nation areas north of Gallup around Coyote Canyon saw a 40% increase, while Navajo\/Ramah south of Gallup saw 33% improvement, served by Choice Broadband, Ethos, and Oso Internet Solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The percentage of New Mexicans with high-speed internet is expected to rise even more during the next few years.<\/p>\n

The 100\/20 Mbps speed is considered strong internet speed for most household needs, well suited for home devices, streaming videos, online gaming and other internet programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATE News: ALBUQUERQUE \u2014 New Mexico achieved the largest year-over-year increase in broadband speeds nationally, with 20.5% more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[174,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-34188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}