Case Study: Murray City School District achieves reliable, cost-effective remote learning with Cradlepoint NetCloud Private LTE (CBRS)

Students Use School District’s Private Cellular Network for Better Distance Learning Experience

Murray City School District faced widespread unreliable home Internet during the 2020 pandemic as students shifted to live-streamed remote learning. To close the digital divide and provide manageable, high-bandwidth connections for 1:1 Chromebooks, the district turned to Cradlepoint and its Private LTE approach using CBRS spectrum and cloud-managed NetCloud Service.

Cradlepoint supplied more than 400 CBRS‑compatible edge routers and a couple dozen CBSD eNodeBs, enabling a town‑wide Private LTE network that students can access for free. The NetCloud-managed solution lets IT preconfigure plug‑and‑play units (working immediately in nine out of 10 cases), push firmware/security updates remotely, and avoid per‑student cellular plans—leaving only an SAS subscription—while delivering stable, higher‑performance connectivity for distance learning.

Murray City School District

Jason Eyre

Technology Department Coordinator