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                     Thursday 16 May 2019
            Tribes across country push for better internet access



            By FELICIA FONSECA                                                                                                  fly  out  of  the  canyon  and
            Associated Press                                                                                                    drive more than two hours
            FLAGSTAFF,  Ariz.  (AP)  —  In                                                                                      to  a  community  college
            a  remote,  roadless  Ari-                                                                                          in Flagstaff for classes. She
            zona canyon that is home                                                                                            also had to take her young
            to  a  small  Native  Ameri-                                                                                        daughter with her.
            can tribe, there’s a natural                                                                                        Jordan  Manakaja  eventu-
            skepticism toward the inter-                                                                                        ally wants to get her bach-
            net.                                                                                                                elor’s degree and become
            The  telemedicine  equip-                                                                                           a therapist in the communi-
            ment  that  health  care  of-                                                                                       ty. She prefers online class-
            ficials   promised   would                                                                                          es at home where she can
            work  gathers  dust.  School                                                                                        interact with an instructor.
            children  who  have  online                                                                                         “We  have  the  opportu-
            homework  struggle  to  get                                                                                         nity to wind down and get
            online.  And  streaming  a                                                                                          comfortable  before  we’re
            web-based  conference  or                                                                                           in  a  classroom,”  she  said.
            taking  classes  remotely?                                                                                          “That  was  more  beneficial
            Well,  “that’s  a  lot  of  luck                                                                                    to us mentally.”
            you’d  have  to  get,”  said                                                                                        The   tribe   won’t   know
            Ophelia      Watahomigie-                                                                                           whether it can make other
            Corliss,  who  sits  on  the   This undated photo provided by Amy Martin shows Ophelia Watahomigie-Corliss, a member of   plans for the spectrum, like
            Havasupai Tribal Council.    the Havasupai Tribal Council, at Red Butte, a site that the Havasupai consider sacred about 15   using  telemedicine,  trans-
            Things  started  to  change   miles south of Tusayan, Ariz.                                                         mitting  medical  records
            after a small company ap-                                                                          Associated Press   electronically  or  starting
            proached  the  tribe  with  a  possibly auction off the 2.5   residents  was  centered  Broadband  Services  spec-  an online high school, until
            plan to broaden coverage  GHz-band  spectrum.  It’s       on  the  community  build-   trum  —  a  sort  of  channel  the  FCC  decides  whether
            for  educational  use.  It’s  not clear when the FCC will   ing  in  the  village  of  Supai.  of  electromagnetic  waves  to  grant  the  tribe’s  appli-
            now  using  the  experience  act. The agency estimates    Thousands  of  tourists  who  — that wasn’t being used.  cation  for  a  permanent
            to  help  push  the  federal  that about one-third of the   trek 10 miles (16 kilometers)  Flagstaff-based Niles Radio  license. Nearly 2,190 licens-
            government  to  give  tribes  people living on tribal lands   down a winding trail to see  Communications   helped  es  that  generally  cover  a
            priority   for   broadband  don’t have access to high-    the  reservation’s  famed  build the network.             35-mile  radius  have  been
            spectrum    largely   unas-  speed  internet,  but  others   blue-green waterfalls have  “We’re  really  putting  our  granted to 1,300 licensees,
            signed  across  the  western  say  the  figure  is  twice  as   no internet access at their  chips  on  EBS,”  said  Mariel  according to the FCC. The
            United States.               high. That’s partly because   campsites  away  from  the  Triggs,  chief  executive  of  agency has asked for pub-
            The  Federal  Communica-     homes on remote reserva-     village.                     MuralNet.  “It  works  in  ex-  lic  comment  on  realigning
            tions  Commission  has  not  tions are spread far apart.  The  tribe  began  working  treme cases. It’s cheap; it’s  the  boundaries  of  the  li-
            issued any new permanent  And  tribes  say  large  tele-  with  a  company  called  reliable.”                      censes, eliminating the ed-
            licenses  for  the  Educa-   communications  compa-       MuralNet  in  2017  to  get  Jacqueline Siyuja now has  ucational use requirement,
            tional  Broadband  Services  nies are unwilling to expand   teachers   and   students  a  wireless  router  to  take  and allowing tribes, current
            spectrum  in  more  than  20  to  tribal  lands  because  of   better  access.  They  suc-  online classes for her job at  licensees  or  new  educa-
            years.  It  asked  the  public  the cost.                 cessfully  sought  temporary  the  tribe’s  Head  Start  pro-  tional entities to access un-
            a year ago to weigh in on  The internet on the Havasu-    authority  from  the  FCC  gram. A few years ago, she  assigned  spectrum  before
            possible  changes  to  the  li-  pai  reservation  has  been   to  use  the  Educational  and her colleagues had to  a possible auction.q
            censing  system  to  better  a  mixed  bag.  Tribal  em-
            define  geographic  areas,  ployees  could  sign  on  to
            build  in  flexibility,  create  their email and do internet   New security flaw in Intel chips
            priorities for tribes and edu-  searches  but  not  much
            cational  institutions,  and  else.  Public  access  for  450   could affect millions


                                                                      SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) —
                                                                      Intel has revealed another
                                                                      hardware    security   flaw
                                                                      that  could  affects  millions
                                                                      of  machines  around  the
                                                                      world.
                                                                      The  bug  is  embedded  in
                                                                      the  architecture  of  com-
                                                                      puter  hardware,  and  it
                                                                      can’t be fully fixed.
                                                                      “With a large enough data
                                                                      sample,  time  or  control
                                                                      of  the  target  system’s  be-
                                                                      havior,” the flaw could en-
                                                                      able attackers to see data
                                                                      thought to be off-limits, Bry-
                                                                      an Jorgensen, Intel’s senior   In this Oct. 3, 2018, file photo the Intel logo appears on a screen
                                                                      director  of  product  assur-  at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York’s Times Square.
                                                                      ance and security, said in a                                          Associated Press
                                                                      video statement.             anyone exploiting it outside  the real world is a complex
                                                                      But  Intel  said  Tuesday  of  a  research  laboratory.  undertaking,”    Jorgensen
                                                                      there’s  no  evidence  of  “Doing  so  successfully  in  said. q
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