WiFi solutions for schools
WiFi as the basis for the digital classroom
As a provider of professional hotspot solutions for schools, HOTSPLOTS offers customised products for the secure and reliable operation of your fast school WiFi.
We support you in mastering the challenges of networked education and advancing the digital equipment of your school. With certified youth protection filters, we ensure optimum security in terms of youth and GDPR-compliant data protection for your WiFi operation.
In the modern world of education, the classroom has changed dramatically through the use of digital technologies. Instead of stationary PCs, tablets, smartphones and laptops are increasingly being used in schools. The basis for secure internet access is a powerful, secure and flexible school WiFi.
Digital learning offers many advantages for teachers, pupils and educational institutions. In addition to teaching media skills, the use of digital media such as learning apps can contribute to varied lessons and increase motivation to learn.
The use of school WiFi and cloud services gives pupils access to a wide range of digital resources and enables the effective use of learning platforms and online materials.
Features of our school WiFi solution — flexibility, speed and security
With HOTSPLOTS WiFi solutions, you can offer all user groups in the school fast and flexible access to the internet. This allows pupils, teachers and administrators to use their devices securely and effectively in school. Thanks to optimised network management and smart administration of the school WiFi, all user groups can access the resources they need without having to compromise on network security.
You decide how you want to authorise access:
- Multiple networks can be operated in parallel, e.g. for teaching staff, student network, library and school guests
- Own access with individual access data for each user
- Creation of individual user groups, e.g. pupils in a class, who have the same access rights
- Time restrictions, e.g. opening and closing times
- Issue of access vouchers for visitors
- Bandwidth management adjustable per hotspot
HOTSPLOTS offers flexible solutions for all aspects of access control and comprehensive statistical analyses of WiFi usage.
Planning, hardware and service — your school network from a single source
With over 17,500 active WiFi hotspots today, HOTSPLOTS has been active as a WiFi provider in Germany and Europe since 2004. HOTSPLOTS is always at your side to support you with its legally compliant WiFi offering: We take over the planning of the wireless network and advise you on the design of an overall system that fulfils your requirements. The aim is always to offer all users (teachers, students, etc.) a WiFi with the greatest possible security and best availability.
Our technicians or those of one of our partner companies in your region will carry out the installation on site and support the system during operation. Our customer and end user support will help with any problems.
DigitalPakt Schule → Information on funding options for your school WiFi
With the DigitalPakt Schule, the federal government is supporting the federal states in expanding the digital infrastructure in schools in order to modernise their IT infrastructure and drive forward the digital transformation. Among other things, the planning and installation of a school WiFi and the provision of digital devices for pupils are eligible for funding.
HOTSPLOTS supports schools as a registered provider from planning to commissioning and ongoing operation in order to efficiently utilise the financial resources of the DigitalPakt Schule and make school operations more digital.
We offer you:
- Advice and support in planning the WiFi infrastructure and hardware selection
- Security through VPN routing
- Provision of the required internet connection on request
- A certified youth protection filterr
Perfectly protected online — youth protection filters in the school WiFi
A secure online environment is of the utmost importance for educational institutions, especially in the classroom, where the internet plays an essential role nowadays.
Children and young people today use the internet quite naturally and intuitively. To protect pupils from accessing content that is harmful to minors or illegal, we offer a free youth protection filter.
The use of youth protection filters can prevent inappropriate content in the school WiFi and network. In addition, parental filters can also reduce schools’ liability by ensuring that they fulfil their responsibility to provide a safe and secure online environment for their students.
HOTSPLOTS always uses DNS (Domain Name Service)-based filter solutions. Specifically, this means that all website requests from users are first checked by the filter. If the requested page is on the filter list, it is blocked with a message.
As the DNS filters do not apply to the display of search results in search engines, Google and Bing, among others, offer configurations that pre-filter the respective search results. When using the HOTSPLOTS youth protection filter, these SafeSearch configurations are already activated on the server side. Restricted mode is used when accessing YouTube content.
When logging in, every user is immediately notified of the active use of the youth protection filter. This filter can be activated free of charge at all locations. The HOTSPLOTS youth protection filter is certified as “Friendly WiFi”, which offers a further guarantee of safe online access.
Separate and flexible networks — school WiFi with individual access rights
Nowadays, a secure, digital network in schools is unavoidable. An important part of this is the separation of different user groups — students, teachers and school administration require different access rights.
With HOTSPLOTS, you can divide the network of your school WiFi into different virtual sub-networks (VLANs). This means that access options such as time restrictions or access for guests can be individually combined using access vouchers (multi-hotspot capable). With support from the cloud and cross-device access control, HOTSPLOTS offers a reliable solution for a secure and flexible school WiFi.
Legal security & data protection
HOTSPLOTS is registered with the Federal Network Agency under registration number 05/423 for the provision of commercial telecommunications services to the public in accordance with Section 6 of the Telecommunications Act (TKG).
We take care of all necessary adjustments to the legal regulations for the operation of a public WiFi hotspot, such as data protection (GDPR), TKG etc.
This ensures that your WiFi hotspot always complies with the latest legal requirements.
Advantages of HOTSPLOTS WiFi
Security:
In order to be able to work digitally in schools these days, a school WiFi network is indispensable. But what about the security of these networks?
HOTSPLOTS offers protection against legal consequences in the event of data misuse through VPN routing. In addition, a free parental control filter is available at all locations and we implement all legal requirements centrally for you to ensure optimum legal security.
Thanks to cloud-based solutions and professional technical support, teachers and students can work securely online and use their devices in the school WiFi without any worries. This creates a secure basis for successful digital learning.
Service:
HOTSPLOTS offers schools a customised complete package including a data tariff to cover exactly the individual needs you have on site. Everything from a single source: that’s our motto. From planning, hardware and installation to support — we are happy to take care of everything for you. We rely on regionally networked partners to guarantee fast and uncomplicated service on site. With hotspots that can be seamlessly integrated into the school’s internal network and cloud-based device management, HOTSPLOTS is a reliable partner for school operations.
More information is available here:
- HOTSPLOTS WiFi
- Brochure HOTSPLOTS WiFi
- Whitepaper Youth protection filter (issued March 2022)