Bridging the Divide
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ARIZONA
The Final Mile Project plans to deploy services to students' homes providing reliable, high speed and affordable internet services to rural arizona at less than $10 per month. Led by the Arizona Rural School Association, The Final Mile Project Consortium is working to publish RFP's and procure funding to make home internet a reality for ALL students. www.finalmileproject.com/ |
TEXAS
Free internet to school age kids. www.oar.net/press/governor_dewine_lt_governor_husted_announce_broadband_expansion_project_east_cleveland OHIO Ohio saw the need in the Cleveland area and is now providing 50M internet to homes for $15 per month. www.oar.net/press/governor_dewine_lt_governor_husted_announce_broadband_expansion_project_east_cleveland |
Public WIFI Locations
According the FCC's Sixth Order (9/23/2010), par 22: "We conclude that we should revise our rules to permanently allow schools to open their facilities, when classes are not in session, to the general public to utilize services and facilities supported by E-rate." Basically, school internet can be used by the community...
Arizona: https://azland.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=20dd52ea241e42f0932ac1a27580f3e0
Arizona: Arizona Library (Connect Arizona)
Arizona / New Mexico Navajo Nation: nhagisportal.com/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0732788dbd70462dbf05ebab1c850fca
Idaho: https://sde.idaho.gov/hotspots
New Mexico: https://nmbbmapping.org/mapping/
Wisconsin: https://maps.psc.wi.gov/Apps/PublicWiFiLocations/index.html
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Case Study: Saddle Mountain School District - Tonopah, Arizona
Saddle Mountain Unified School District #90 (SMUSD #90) is about 50 miles outside of Phoenix in Tonapah, a small town surrounded by mountains. Historically, few Internet providers have built infrastructure due to the surrounding mountainous terrain. To fill that gap, an entrepreneurial local service provider, Triad Wireless, was founded three years ago to provide reliable, affordable wireless Internet access to residents.
Triad launched its Education Everywhere program shortly after inception to support families in need of low-cost Internet. The $10 per month program provides filtered Internet access to school district approved websites and applications for local students. With more families signing up daily, Triad needed to find additional buildings to install wireless radio towers that could deliver Internet to nearby homes to satisfy demand.
Since several school campuses in SMUSD #90 are located by students’ homes, the schools became the obvious answer. SMUSD #90 worked with Triad to approve the installation of additional Internet infrastructure at their schools at no cost to the provider. In return, Triad could serve more of the students in the school district. Together, Triad and SMUSD #90 worked to find a win-win solution for the business and the community – Triad expanded business, and SMUSD continues to help students to digital learning options while at home during the coronavirus pandemic, and into the future.
ESH: June 2020
Triad launched its Education Everywhere program shortly after inception to support families in need of low-cost Internet. The $10 per month program provides filtered Internet access to school district approved websites and applications for local students. With more families signing up daily, Triad needed to find additional buildings to install wireless radio towers that could deliver Internet to nearby homes to satisfy demand.
Since several school campuses in SMUSD #90 are located by students’ homes, the schools became the obvious answer. SMUSD #90 worked with Triad to approve the installation of additional Internet infrastructure at their schools at no cost to the provider. In return, Triad could serve more of the students in the school district. Together, Triad and SMUSD #90 worked to find a win-win solution for the business and the community – Triad expanded business, and SMUSD continues to help students to digital learning options while at home during the coronavirus pandemic, and into the future.
ESH: June 2020
Other Options:
Amazon "Kuiper" Project:
SpaceX "Starlink":
EBS: Educational Broadband System
CBRS: Citizens Band Radio System
5G: Cellular
Google 6GHZ test:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/17/21372797/google-fcc-test-6ghz-network-17-states
SpaceX "Starlink":
EBS: Educational Broadband System
CBRS: Citizens Band Radio System
5G: Cellular
Google 6GHZ test:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/17/21372797/google-fcc-test-6ghz-network-17-states
