México Conectado, or Mexico Connected, has the goal of delivering free Internet connectivity to 250,000 public sites during the six years of the current administration.

Seven months into its launch, officials say they’ve already achieved 40,000 sites and they anticipate the number rising to 65,000 by the end of the year.

The broadband installations are being carried out in schools, health centers, and public plazas, with signals delivered on existing telecommunications infrastructure where it exists, and by satellite in remote areas.

National coordination is being handled by the University of Guadalajara, which contracts in each state with a public university that has the capacity to identify possible locations.

This entails an analysis of potential sites, visiting remote locations, and indicating which are the centers and school buildings that need connectivity, says the project’s director general, Carmen Rodríguez Armenta.

According to the project leader, installations are progressing at the rate of one state per month.

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