Spectrum is offering free Wi-Fi at 90,000 access points after Hurricane Helene

Spectrum is offering 90,000 free Wi-Fi access points in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama to residents devastated by the impact of Hurricane Helene. Charter communications announced the free Wi-Fi access points on Wednesday, the same day it announced the allocation of $1 million for Hurricane Helene relief.

The 90,000 Wi-Fi access points are located in public areas (such as parks or main streets of the city) and will be active until October 7. You can find an access point near you with Spectrum’s Out-of-Home Wi-Fi card.

Spectrum isn’t the only major internet provider offering Hurricane Helene relief services. Starlink also announced plans to co-offer with the federal government free satellite internet for an entire month in storm-ravaged communities.

Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in Florida on September 26, devastated countless communities rural towns already had limited access to a decent internet connection.

After the storm, thousands of households were cut off by internet and cell phone outages. According to the Federal Communications CommissionAs of Tuesday, North Carolina’s Mitchell and Yancey counties still have 90% of cell service operations suspended. Cellular service and internet are slowly coming back online for other affected communities.

In addition to Wi-Fi access points, Spectrum also announced that it will work “with state and local agencies to provide temporary connectivity to emergency response and shelter locations where possible.”