SHLB Files Letter Supporting Use of E-Rate for Wi-Fi Hot Spots
The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition filed at the FCC a letter signed by groups that support the agency’s November proposal allowing schools and libraries to use E-rate support for off-premises Wi-Fi hot spots and wireless internet services (see…
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2311090028). Comments to the FCC were divided on the proposal (see 2401300063). “While the COVID-19 pandemic propelled a nationwide surge of off-campus connectivity, online learning and remote schoolwork have become common practice for many students and library patrons throughout their daily journeys -- even after the end of the pandemic,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 21-31: Today, “learning simply does not stop after school or library operating hours or the moment a student or patron steps off the premises.” Signers included the American Library Association and other library and education groups, Common Sense, the Open Technology Institute at New America and Public Knowledge.