Dallas Innovation Alliance provides free WiFi service to neighborhood with slow connection

The Dallas Innovation Alliance launched a learning lab that is providing the “basic utility” of the internet in the form of free WiFi to Fair Park.

The Mobile Learning Lab is a converted school bus that provides about 300 feet of free WiFi, and is available Monday through Friday at Fair Park.

While the lab was designed for use by students, this model could potentially be used to help mobile businesses such as food trucks who have suffered from connectivity issues in southern Dallas, said Jennifer Sanders, executive director of Dallas Innovation Alliance.

“Internet is a basic utility at this point, and it affects every facet of our ability to be competitive and healthy, locally and globally,” Sanders said.