# Even In Crisis Times, There Is A Push To Wire Rural America

**URL:** <https://community.oscium.com/t/even-in-crisis-times-there-is-a-push-to-wire-rural-america/746>\
**Category:** Wi-Fi News Digest\
**Created:** [April 29, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.oscium.com/t/even-in-crisis-times-there-is-a-push-to-wire-rural-america/746 "2020-04-29T15:12:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lael](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/community.oscium.com/lael/32/10_2.png) [@Lael](https://community.oscium.com/u/Lael)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.oscium.com/t/even-in-crisis-times-there-is-a-push-to-wire-rural-america/746/1 "2020-04-29T15:12:31Z")

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"As the COVID-19 crisis took hold and schools in Lockhart, Texas, had to close and shift to remote learning, the school district quickly conducted a needs assessment.

They found that half of their 6,000 students have no high-speed Internet at home. And despite being a short drive south of Austin, a third of all the students and staff live in “dead zones,” where Internet and cell service aren’t even available."

[https://www.npr.org/2020/04/24/843411430/even-in-crisis-times-there-is-a-push-to-wire-rural-america](https://www.npr.org/2020/04/24/843411430/even-in-crisis-times-there-is-a-push-to-wire-rural-america)