The school district plans to install 450 units, which cost $500 each. Funding to pay monthly internet subscription fees will eventually run out.
Is this affordable quality broadband access? $1.2 million plus subscription fees.
OTOH, what are the costs to all of us of students who can’t learn because they don’t have internet access? Cuba NM is an example of a poor, remote, tiny community, that requires aid from somewhere if it is ever to have quality affordable broadband.
Males had a median income of $26,667 versus $17,000 for females. The per capita income for the village was $11,192. About 36.5% of families and 41.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 54.1% of those under age 18 and 40.0% of those age 65 or over.
Rural New Mexico school buys Starlink internet for students | KRWG