75 Gigs Monthly Data Allotment and One MiFi Box Per Household Not Adequate, Parents Say, Governor to Raise Data Limit, Implement Monitoring

Governor Albert Bryan on Friday told the Consortium that his administration will work with Viya to increase the data allotment included on MiFi boxes for public school students, and may also provide multiple MiFi devices for households with more than one child. Along with these changes, the governor said a strategy may be formulated on monitoring the internet usage so that the devices are not abused on activity unrelated to school. "We're going to up the max up the [MiFi internet devices]," the governor said, stating that he could see instances where the 75 gigabytes of data allotted to each MiFi device monthly would be consumed in less than month — especially in households with multiple school-age children. The governor's comments follow inquiries from the Consortium placed to the V.I. Dept. of Education and Viya after the publication received messages earlier this week concerning data issues with the MiFi devices." A St. Croix parent of four said her children have been falling beh...