Long-Term Broadband Goals Still on Far Horizon for Most Districts

by Dian Schaffhauser, THE Journal
A full 85 percent of school districts now meet the Federal Communications Commission’s short-term goal for broadband connectivity of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students. And almost half of school systems (47 percent) have at least some schools that meet the long-term broadband goal of 1 Gbps per 1,000 students; 16 percent are achieving the long-term goal in every one of their schools. Funding, referenced by 61 percent of districts, continued to be the biggest barrier for districts in their efforts to increase connectivity, with a particular nod to monthly recurring costs. Those findings surfaced in CoSN’s annual infrastructure survey report.

https://thejournal.com/articles/2017/11/27/long-term-broadband-goals-still-on-far-horizon-for-most-districts.aspx

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