Distance Learning

Local governments serve community short- and long-terms needs. Reliable communications are an integral part of this mission.

HUGHES provides the communications technologies that local governments need. Local governments across the nation employ our HughesNet^® services. Why? Reliability. Speed. Cost-effectiveness.

HughesNet Internet Access provides your local government and educational institutions with a common networking technology for all of your users regardless of location, making it easier to manage and support your network. Plus, working with Hughes gives you the security of dealing with the world’s leading provider of broadband satellite services and eliminates the headaches that come with working with multiple providers.

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Broadband Service to Remote Areas

Local governments rely on Hughes to supply high-speed Internet access in areas not served by terrestrial broadband service. HughesNet services can help remote local government agencies cross the "digital divide" by supplying a range of service plans to fit the budget. These plans are filed with the GSA Schedule 70 which can be utilized by local government.

Montgomery County Fire Department, Maryland Urban Search and Rescue

Federal COOP requirements, including the National Response Framework (www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/), require agencies to ensure continuity of network communications during a crisis. When Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, rendering terrestrial networks inoperable, the Maryland Urban Search and Rescue team was ready and able to help with HughesNet satellite solutions. Using HughesNet, the team was able to monitor news and access information in real-time about the affected areas and offered complete freedom of mobility – giving them the ability to go online virtually anywhere in North America.