Microsoft Using TV White Space to Re-Establish Connectivity Post-Maria
Microsoft is coordinating TV white space deployments in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to help restore connectivity that has been down since hurricanes Maria and Irma. In the mountainous Utuado area of Puerto Rico, that spectrum has been…
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used to re-establish connectivity to a food distribution site, a health clinic and the University of Puerto Rico, Technology and Corporate Responsibility General Manager Shelley McKinley blogged Monday. Those sites also are to act as internet hot spots for the community, it said. White spaces also reconnected city hall in Humacao, Puerto Rico, and a variety of sites in the Virgin Islands in St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas, it said, adding the spectrum is soon to be deployed in Barranquitas and San Lorenzo in Puerto Rico. Microsoft said the work is being done in conjunction with internet connectivity nongovernmental organization NetHope, government agencies, local ISPs and local TV broadcasters.