Expanding Coverage

We have recently expanded our coverage again! We now cover from Velarde through almost all of Alcalde (trees permitting) and into Ohkay Owingeh. By the end of the week we expect to have coverage of approximately the northern half of Espanola, and more of Espanola in the next month or two. If you are interested in service, please register for a FREE site survey here and we will schedule an appointment with you to check your signal.

Our current coverage is shown in this map:

Coverage as of 2014-04-29

If you register and are not in our service area, we will contact you once coverage of your location is available.

Net Neutrailty

You may have read recently that Comcast and Verizon have struck deals with Netflix, wherein Netflix pays them for adequate carriage of data to their common customers.

Black Mesa Wireless opposes such arrangements. We believe that our customers pay us to deliver the data they demand, whether from Linux distributions, Netflix, Apple FaceTime users, or anywhere else. Our network is designed to carry your streaming video as quickly and reliably as possible.

While we urge you to contact your representatives in support of better Net Neutrality rules from the FCC, know that you'll never need the FCC to enforce those rules on our network -- we will always treat all your data equally.

Better Alcalde Coverage Soon

Just yesterday we did a site survey to make sure that the chosen repeater site for Alcalde had a good view of the main tower in Velarde. You can see it in this picture. It's a good clear view, so we hope to have this all installed and operational by the end of February. Thanks for your patience as we extend our coverage throughout the valley.

View of Velarde Tower from Lyden/Alacalde Repeater Site

Velarde and Espanola Numbers Not Portable

I offer voice over IP services, but in Velarde and Espanola I cannot offer local numbers. It appears that the 505-852 and 505-753 rate centers are not portable. This also means that if you get a phone line through me I cannot port your local land line number.

I hate to have to break this news, but in the interest of full disclosure, after discovering this unpleasant fact when trying to port a customer's number, I wanted to make it quite clear to potential customers.

I can still provide 505 and 575 numbers with unlimited domestic calling, but the numbers will not be local.

I plan to file a complaint over this with the FCC.

Water Tank Tower in Velarde Is Up

The water tank tower, on the tank behind Michael's Mini Mart on the hill in Velarde has been installed. Generally, if you can see the tank, you are eligible for service. In practice, if you are beyond Mile Marker 11 to the south on Highway 68 you will not get an adequate signal. We are working to add coverage for customers further south and will post updates when we have them.

Water Tank Tower Going Up Soon

At long last the water tank tower in Velrade is going up. The pole has already been installed on the water tank, and the equipment should be installed in the next few days. Once this tower is complete, the temporary tower will be powered down. The switchover should barely be noticeable if at all.

If you pre-registered and I haven't contacted you or followed up with you yet, it's because I've been waiting until this tower is deployed.