New York City is still trying to devise a plan on how to educate all of its 1.1 million, approximately 70 percent Black and Latinx, public school children. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Wifi
T-Mobile Launches Plan To Provide Free Internet To Close The “Homework Gap”
T-Mobile promised last year that it would provide internet connectivity to 10 million underserved student households if its merger with Sprint was approved. Continue Reading →
The COVID Crisis: FCC Votes To Open 6 GHz Wi-Fi Spectrum For Consumer Use
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously on Thursday to provide consumers with unlicensed use of 6GHz Wi-Fi spectrum. Continue Reading →
Chancellor Fariña And Others Announce New Intiative To Offer Free Wi-Fi To Students And Families
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today announced a new partnership with the City’s three library systems, Google and Sprint to offer free Wi-Fi hotspots available for year-long rental to public school students and families to increase internet access at home. Continue Reading →
Wi-Fi kiosks Coming To A Harlem Pay Phone Near You
The citywide network of Wi-Fi stations known as LinkNYC begins its $200 million rollout from Harlem to Hollis Tuesday with the unveiling of two “links,” or kiosks, on Third Avenue (downtown for some reason). Continue Reading →
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