T-Mobile's new #Project10million aims to help 10 million students by giving them free internet service. The phone manufacturer's project was introduced in 2019 to end what the previous CEO John Legere called "the homework gap," providing free broadband internet to 10 million low-income households.

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T-Mobile claims that the project should be the reason the company should be allowed to merge with Sprint. It revealed that it had allocated $10.7 billion for the program over the next decade.

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The company's goal is to make the project available to K-12 students who participate in the national school lunch program for low-income families.

"Even before the pandemic, more than 9 million of America's 56 million school-age kids did not have access to reliable internet, and could not complete after-school assignments," said T-Mobile in a news release.

"This critical homework gap has tremedous short- and long-term impacts," added the company.

T-Mobile also suggested that the existing gap could leave many students at risk of falling behind. It could lead to lower grades, lower test scores, and limited opportunities after graduation.

How school administrators could apply for the #Project10million

T-Mobile's project is important since the internet is essential to many students who are learning remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. By providing ZIP codes for the students in the school lunch program, school authorities can apply for #Project10million.

Parents can also volunteer their schools for the project. Once the schools successfully apply, they can now distribute the devices and hotspots, with T-Mobile's technical support and setup assistance.

Students' houses can pay $12 monthly for 100GB data each month. They could also get a free hotspot and 100GB of data over a single year. However, the provided data limits are still not enough to allow students to use YouTube, Zoom, and other video-streaming platforms for their entertainment and online classes. 

T-Mobile is currently limiting the video streams to low-resolution 480p to solve the issue somehow. On the other hand, there'll be a limited number of hotspots available. But, the phone manufacturer will allocate more every year. 

Although T-Mobile's program has many limits right now, it is still way better than having your children go outside to access Wi-Fi hotspots.  

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