KT, Free Internet Speed Upgrade for 7,740 Schools..."Full Support for Online School Opening"

12 Education Offices, 7,740 Schools Under Their Jurisdiction Speed Up
60% of All Elementary, Middle, and High Schools
Free Internet Speed Upgrade Until the End of June

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] KT will provide free internet speed upgrades for KT SchoolNet (an internet service dedicated to schools and education offices) used by 7,740 elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide and 12 education offices until the end of June to support online school openings.

According to KT on the 13th, KT decided this in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) ahead of the second phase of online school openings starting on the 16th to prevent the spread of COVID-19. KT SchoolNet is currently used by 12 out of 17 education offices nationwide and their 7,740 affiliated schools, accounting for 60% of all elementary, middle, and high schools.

The internet line speeds provided to individual schools varied from 100Mbps to 1Gbps depending on the size of each school. Under this measure, 1,760 schools that were provided speeds below 500Mbps will be uniformly upgraded to 500Mbps without additional cost until the end of June. Education office internet speeds below 10Gbps will also be upgraded to 10Gbps.

Additionally, KT has set up a comprehensive control room at the Gwacheon Network Control Center and will operate on-site response teams in six regions nationwide to ensure stable operation of online school openings. They will establish response plans by analyzing connection methods to predict traffic increases and strengthen real-time monitoring of traffic fluctuations in key sections. Furthermore, KT will deploy dedicated technical personnel to major universities to provide expert technical consulting on network issues that may arise during online lectures.

Kim Bong-gyun, Executive Vice President of KT Biz Division, said, “KT has decided to provide free line speed upgrades to ensure that online classes at elementary, middle, high schools, and universities nationwide proceed smoothly,” and added, “We will actively cooperate with the Ministry of Education, the National Information Society Agency, and the Korea Education and Research Information Service to ensure that students nationwide can receive education without inconvenience.”

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