Fort Riley

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1st Infantry Division Soldiers living in Unaccompanied Housing, commonly referred to as barracks, will be able to take advantage of free Wi-Fi internet service under a pilot program the Army launched today at Fort Riley, the first location in the Army to begin this program. Under the program, the Army will cover the cost of the Wi-Fi service in 10 barracks buildings, making the free service available to approximately 1,400 Soldiers on Fort Riley.

Soldiers living in the barracks served by this program will receive instructions on signing up for the program. Soldier usage rate, as well as an assessment of the quality of the internet service, will help the Army determine next steps for free internet service across the force.

The Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act authorized free Wi-Fi for service members living in Unaccompanied Housing. Boldyn Networks is the internet service provider under this pilot program and will be tracking utilization rates, outages, and fixes to those outages.