The Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs recently released a survey to gather community feedback on public Wi-Fi in Baltimore.
The office aims to better understand public Wi-Fi use as it works to expand internet access in Baltimore City.
In November, Mayor Scott committed $35 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to help close the digital divide in Baltimore.
Baltimore will use $6 million of those dollars to install more than 100 free public Wi-Fi hot spots across ten West Baltimore neighborhoods, including Mondawmin, Reservoir Hill, Upton, Sandtown-Winchester, Penn North, Druid Heights, Madison Park, Coppin Heights, Easterwood, and Bolton Hill.
Scott’s administration will also expand City-owned fiber cables to 23 recreation centers.
In the first phase of the project, the Mayor’s Office is gathering data on how residents use public Wi-Fi.
“Our goal is to find out how residents use or don’t use Wi-Fi and what residents would like in their Wi-Fi experience,” the survey says.
The five-minute survey is anonymous, but those who enter their contact information have a chance to win a new Samsung tablet.
The Office of Recovery Programs will be collecting survey results until Feb. 1.
