{"id":8813,"date":"2026-09-28T14:31:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=8813"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:31:28","slug":"wi-fi-issues-disrupt-utrgv-students-across-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/wi-fi-issues-disrupt-utrgv-students-across-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Wi-Fi Issues Disrupt UTRGV Students Across Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WIFI0928.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">UTRGV students have experienced interruptions with campus Wi-Fi in recent weeks, with some students saying unreliable connections have made it more difficult to complete academic work and access online resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a>The issues have affected students in different areas of campus, including the library<\/a> and the writing centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">International business Junior, Samuel Snell said he experienced problems while trying to complete his weekly routine on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI was in the library. I was trying to study for a quiz that I was halfway through, but it wasn&#8217;t working,\u201d Snell said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disruptions have also affected students working with the UTRGV Writing Center, where students depend on internet access to submit and work on assignments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graduate student in the criminal justice program and a Writing Center employee, Ethan Garcia, said some students were unable to submit their work on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cStudents were trying to send in their online assignments, but we weren&#8217;t able to get to them in time, so we had to, like, push everything back by a couple hours,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UTRGV\u2019s Network Services said the university is aware of network issues and is working to improve connectivity across campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director of Network Services Jose Sanmiguel said the university is addressing network performance beyond just its wireless services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe do have issues like everybody else has, right? But, we are working on improving services, not just on wireless, but the network itself in general,\u201d Sanmiguel said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a>As UTRGV continues working on network improvements, students say reliable Wi-Fi remains an important part of their day-to-day academic experience.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information and updates on the current wifi situation, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utrgv.edu\/it\/system-status\/index.htm\">utrgv<\/a> <a>webpage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is Diego Montano for Vaquero Radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTRGV students have experienced interruptions with campus Wi-Fi in recent weeks, with some students saying unreliable connections have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":8815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,16,722],"tags":[68,44,42,26],"class_list":["post-8813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-edinburg","category-news","tag-edinburg","tag-news","tag-students","tag-utrgv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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