Lifelong learning and information access to be delivered to students and citizens of all ages, regardless of location.
Full educational support – delivered to all pupils, regardless of location
Satellite broadband can deliver huge accessibility (and cost reduction) benefits to schools, local authorities, community support and youth projects and continuing education services, especially when budgets are being cut for fixed location facilities. Local authorities have an obligation to provide a high level of educational service in remote areas, but this will be increasingly difficult with budgets being cut and even where it is not possible to access high-speed broadband using standard technologies. With the Internet playing such a large part in our lives these days, it’s important that all communities have the opportunity to benefit from this valuable means of interactive learning.
Whether educational organisations operate dedicated vehicles or portable exhibition equipment, Excelerate can tailor technological solutions that allow instant Internet access wherever services need to be delivered, and this can be done for a highly competitive cost (as many local authorities are already finding).
Camarthenshire County Council provides mobile library services with a satellite broadband- enabled vehicle. The Borough of Hounslow delivers positive community support for inner city young people with its Creative Media Bus (using satellite broadband), giving children who might otherwise get into trouble positive interests to develop and opportunities to improve their lives.
Northern Ireland has for many years used a satellite broadband-enabled vehicle to support a community outreach project. For Powys County Council, Excelerate provided a Transportable Broadband Satellite solution for its mobile, vehicle-based Youth Information Service, which delivers invaluable outreach youth education and advisory services across the county. This broadband satellite system enables advisers to access the Internet wherever the vehicle are located to obtain additional, up-to-the-minute information to ensure the delivery of the highest level of service.