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Lowering the Cost of Your Data Rate Plan

August 31, 2020

An often-overlooked category of costs that can cut into the efficiency gains that your IoT program generates is the cost of data transfer. It would help if you optimized your data rate plan so that th...

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Navigating IoT Gateways: Routers, Tablets, Phones, and Hotspots

August 31, 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) is comprised of multiple layers, one of which is IoT gateways. These gateways play an essential role in maintaining device connectivity, translating protocols, and managin...

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Why School Bus WiFi is Growing in K-12

August 25, 2020

School bus WiFi is not a new concept. Large-scale pilot projects to test the viability – and the benefits – of providing students with Internet access during their daily school commutes to and from sc...

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How Public Libraries Can Support Students Amid Distance Learning

August 13, 2020

The recent, large-scale shift from in-class to distance learning models – and other transformations in the way schools operate and in how students access information – are providing new opportunities ...

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How CARES Act Funds Can be Used to Support Remote Learning

June 30, 2020

As part of the government’s efforts to ease some of the burden brought on by the pandemic, the CARES Act funding bill was passed, which, in total, made approximately $30.75 billion available to provid...

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How to Manage Data During Distance Learning

June 8, 2020

As distance learning becomes the de facto method of instruction in schools across the world for the next few months at least, connectivity has become a key topic of discussion. Much of the focus on co...

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To Bridge Digital Divide, Roanoke County Public Schools Will Provide Nearly 700 Hot Spots in 2020–21 School Year

June 3, 2020

Original article can be found at The Roanoke Times. By Claire Mitzel; June 3, 2020 Roanoke County Public Schools will provide hot spots in the fall to students who are without internet access, as the ...

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Beekmantown Central School District: Student Connectivity in an Emergency

June 1, 2020

Beekmantown Central School District serves over 2,000 students in rural upstate New York. The district is committed to supporting its students with the technology tools they need to succeed, including...

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Beekmantown Central School District: Student Connectivity in an Emergency

June 1, 2020

Beekmantown Central School District serves over 2,000 students in rural upstate New York. The district is committed to supporting its students with the technology tools they need to succeed, including...

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