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Articles by Crystal Montvid
Starlink Is Helping Keep Rural K-12 Schools Connected
Feb 16 2026 Networking Reliable internet connectivity is essential to education. For rural and remote districts, Starlink provides another pathway to reliable internet access. At some of the schools we work with, the internet goes down more than once a week. Not during storms. Not during disasters. It just goes down. When that happens, instruction doesn’t just slow, it stops.
What Schools Should Know About Using E-Rate Funds for Bus Wi-Fi Upgrades
For decades we have known that for many underprivileged students, leaving the school grounds contributes to a homework gap because they cannot do much schoolwork without a robust internet connection. Bus Wi-Fi could fill a need for the millions of students who have a school-issued laptop but no reliable internet at home. In October 2023, the Federal Communications Commission added school bus Wi-Fi to the list of services eligible for E-Rate funding in Category 1.
What Schools Should Know About Using E-Rate Funds for Bus Wi-Fi Upgrades
With E-Rate funding, schools can add internet to more school buses or mobile science, technology, engineering and math labs. With internet on buses, students on their daily commute or traveling for field trips or athletic activities can get extra time for homework, projects or studying. Plan Ahead to Catch the Next E-Rate Filing Window The E-Rate window for the next school year recently closed and won’t reopen for the 2025-2026 school year until early next year.
Mind the Gap: Smartphones Bridge IoT and the Cloud
About the only thing growing faster is the number of Internet of Things devices. They’re up 31 percent this year, for a total of 8.4 billion worldwide, according to Gartner. By the end of this decade, the number should top 20 billion. These trends mean plenty of new opportunities for retailers, hospitals, airports and other businesses to save and make money. The catch?
Connected Vehicle Technology Takes the Wheel with IoT and Mobility
Radios in cars might seem like an antique artifact in 2018, but they were an important first step in the evolution to the connected vehicle future that we’re racing toward. For certain jobs, work is always on the go, and the demands of this work can’t be constrained by a desk or a desktop computer. This is particularly true for public safety.
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