Finding Internet Access

Finding Internet Connections

Eduroam

Students, faculty, and staff have access to free, seamless, easy, and secure Internet access across thousands of hotspots across more than 100 countries, including most University System of Georgia universities and colleges. For example, an Augusta University student visiting the University of Georgia (UGA), which is also an eduroam participant, can use their AU email to log into UGA’s eduroam wireless network on their campus. The same would be true of a UGA student visiting AU’s campus.
Simply use the following steps:

1. Review a list of participating institutions here: https://www.eduroam.org/where
2. To gain access, choose the eduroam wifi connection
3. Use your AU credentials (example user@augusta.edu)
4. It's that easy! 

We understand that some students and faculty may have challenges accessing the Internet from their homes and may not always be able to get to areas with Wi-Fi. 

More information:

• Library WiFi available in Georgia
• FCC agreement stating that providers will waive late fees, not cutoff service for lack of payment, and open hot-spots.
• Comcast COVID-19 response: offers free Wi-Fi for 2 months to low income families plus all Xfinity hot-spots are free to the public during this time.
• Charter Free Internet Offer for 2 Months
• AT&T COVID-19 response: offers open hot-spots, unlimited data to existing customers, and $10/month plans to low income families.
• Verizon COVID-19 response: no special offers, but following the FCC agreement.
• Sprint COVID-19 response: follows FCC agreement, provides unlimited data to existing customers, and, starting Tuesday, 3/17/2020, will allow all handsets to enable hot-spots for 60 days at no extra charge.
• T-Mobile COVID-19 response: follows FCC agreement, plus unlimited data to existing customers, and, coming soon, will allow all handsets to enable hot-spots for 60 days at no extra charge (I expect others will follow).

Phone hot-spot. If you have a cell phone and data plan with Internet access, in some instances, your phone can be used as a hot-spot to share data with other devices such as a desktop, laptop, or iPad. See here (iPhone), here (Android), and here (tethering).

 

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