Austin ISD Is Rolling Out 110 Buses Equipped With Wi-Fi For Neighborhoods With Limited Online Access

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Classes across the country have gone online-only, but not all students have Internet access. To bridge the gap, one Texas district is deploying Wi-Fi broadcasting buses to big apartment complexes. (KUT)

as classes move online to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Students who live near the bus locations can access the free Wi-Fi on their school computers — not personal devices — weekdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., the district said.for getting access to the Wi-Fi locations, AISD says students must be within 300 feet of the buses. Because the routers on the buses have a reach of between 150-300 feet, more buses will be deployed at bigger apartment complexes.

 

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coreybking KUT Internet should be a basic right just like education and healthcare.

KUT Huntsville, Alabama is doing the same, and a private company partnered with the schools to create, build, and deploy additional wi fi locations.

KUT How primitive.

KUT this is happening in South Bend, Indiana as well! great news

KUT Ewww ... who doesn’t have internet access? At least spend 20 minutes online to learn and hack your neighbors WiFi, especially apartment complexes. Come on people!

KUT Mayors could give everyone in their cities free Wi-Fi if the corporations would get out of the way. Greed. Please politicians, please serve the people, not corporations!!!! PLEASE 🇺🇸

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