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Acting County Manager of Flow\u00a0 Andrea\u00a0 Liverpool<\/p> <\/p>
Twenty one sites including fifteen schools will soon be provided with upgraded internet service through an initiative of the NTRC.<\/p>
The government entity recently signed a contract with Telecommunications Company Flow for the second School\u2019s Project here, which according to Director of the NTRC Apollo Knights is costing some $2.5 million. \u00a0<\/p>
The first NTRC School\u2019s project was commissioned on 6th June, 2012 by Telecommunications provider Flow at a cost of $5.2 million. \u00a0According to Knights the reduced cost of the second phase of this project is accredited to the access points that were already laid out from the initial project.<\/p>
Acting Country Manager of Flow, Andrea Liverpool said this project is an important one since it supports the company\u2019s broadband expansion strategy and aligns to their commitment to deliver a high quality broadband service. \u00a0Liverpool added that Flow will continue to support government\u2019s strategic initiatives.Acting County Manager of Flow\u00a0 Andrea\u00a0 Liverpool<\/p>
With higher speeds and a lower cost there is now only one connection per school over the hybrid network provided by (Flow) Columbus. \u00a0Under this new contract, the twenty-one new sites will have fibre connections. \u00a0<\/p>
The Fifteen school sites include: \u00a0Campden Park Secondary, Bishop\u2019s College Kingstown, Dr. J P Eustace Memorial, Girls\u2019 High School, Intermediate High School, St. Joseph\u2019s Convent Kingstown, St. Martin\u2019s Secondary, St. Vincent Grammar School, Thomas Sanders Secondary, St Mary\u2019s Roman Catholic, C. W. Prescod Primary, the Kingstown Preparatory School, and the three campuses of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College. \u00a0Other sites include: \u00a0the Kingstown Public Library, Documentation Centre, open spots at Heritage Square and SVG Port Authority. \u00a0
Users will obtain upload and download speeds of 100 Mbps respectively.The 21 new external access points and 13 internal access points under this project will bring the total to 249 external access points and 136 internal points throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines. \u00a0The duration of this new project is five years. \u00a0The contract was signed at the NTRC\u2019s conference room on Wednesday 23rd October, 2019.<\/p>
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