CITY OF TUCSON
STREAMLINING CONNECTIVITY FOR STUDENTS
The need for a uniform city plan was highlighted when Tucson Unified School District began distributing devices needed for virtual learning , but many students could not access them .
“ By addressing areas that have the highest need , we can consolidate the school districts to just us being that one provider , so they no longer have to bounce between three providers ,” he added .
“ It ’ s probably the largest partnership since I ’ ve been in government with the local school district and the municipal government . Today , we ’ re slating around 5,000 devices we want to get out into the community .” core infrastructure “ with a strategic focus on public transportation and other public areas to maximise resident access .” Boyce said the next phase of the plan would cover 70-80 % of the city with LTE access .
“ We are now starting to bridge the digital divide . There are some people who would prefer to use our service over the incumbents , even though we do provide some filtering . People are jumping on board and streaming church services and picking up educational programming from their schools .
“ It ' s absolutely free - and a win for the City of Tucson on so many levels ; we can provide connectivity to the citizens which we need
128 January 2022