Powerline Press Photo Credit: Mike Rampey, location Fort Gibson Lake
NEWSLETTER
A Supplement of Oklahoma Living Published by Lake Region Electric Cooperative for its members.
December JUNE 2020 2019
FREE Wi-Fi Locations a Success
Local family connected to Free Wi-Fi (while remaining in vehicle) for school lesson.
Lake Region Electric Cooperative has monitored a fair amount of usage on our three free Wi-Fi locations during the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak. These free Wi-Fi locations were created to keep area residents online and connected who do not have access to fast internet.
“Those who may not have access to the internet at their home, can park in these parking spots, stay in their cars, and connect . We thought it would be very important for our community, and we stepped up and added those free Wi-Fi locations to our network.”
Free, public Wi-Fi is available at the Keys Elementary School parking lot, as well as the Hulbert City Park, and Norris Park, in Tahlequah. The name of the network at each location is “LREC Fiber,” and it does not require a password to connect.
“We’ve contacted the schools, so they can send their students to these safe locations to download their lessons and do their homework,” said Glen Clark, Director of Marketing.
“We think it’s important to have this available, especially for students who had to continue school from home,” said Hamid Vahdatipour, CEO.
“We know how important broadband access is becoming, especially now, and we were happy to help with these quick buildout solutions,” added Clark.
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