--- title: Internet for Students and Homework in Northern Nevada url: https://hdiss.net/internet-for/students-and-homework/ business: High Desert Internet Services (HDISS) phone: 775-575-9593, 775-391-5660 email: info@hdiss.net mailing_address: Home base: 200 S Virginia St, Suite 760, Reno NV 89501 (dispatch office, not a walk-in store). Mail: Billing Dept., PO Box 11353, Reno NV 89510 hours: Office open 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, seven days a week. Network watched around the clock. type: Fixed wireless internet service provider (homes and small businesses), web hosting, customer email, domain registration service_area: Northern Nevada - Washoe, Lyon, Storey, Churchill and Douglas counties and Carson City; availability is checked address by address (line of sight to a tower) plans: Bronze $50/mo up to 500 Mbps down, up to 200 Mbps up; Silver $75/mo up to 800 down, up to 200 up; Gold $99/mo up to 1 Gig down, up to 200 up; ask about the up to 1 Gig / 1 Gig ultra-low-latency service no_online_purchase: true (check your address or call; existing customers pay at https://www2.fernley.net/hdiss/onlinepay/paymentform.cfm) since: 2002 --- - [Home](https://hdiss.net/) - [Internet for the way you live](https://hdiss.net/internet-for/) - Internet for students and homework # Internet for students and homework in Northern Nevada Online classes and homework need less speed than most parents expect: the FCC's Broadband Speed Guide lists HD video at 5 to 8 Mbps, and every High Desert plan lists far more. About one Nevada household in twenty has no internet at all, and the rates are higher in some rural places. Working from home on a video call. Stock photo: Adobe Stock, not High Desert customers or staff. [Photo credits](https://hdiss.net/photo-credits/) Schoolwork has moved onto the internet, and a student without a steady connection falls behind in small ways each week. This page uses Census numbers to show how common that is in Northern Nevada and then covers what a student actually needs at home. It makes no claim about school or government programs. ## How many homes here have no internet? The Census counts 5.3 percent of Nevada households as having no internet access, which is about 63,600 households, against 6.5 percent for the United States (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B28002). Some of our places are higher: about 19.8 percent in Wadsworth, 11.0 percent in Yerington, 10.4 percent in Sun Valley and 7.2 percent in Fallon. Small-town samples have wide margins, so read them as a general picture rather than a ranking. The [homes without internet data page](https://hdiss.net/data/homes-without-internet/) lists every place. ## What does a student actually need? A reliable connection for video, a way to upload assignments and some patience at peak hours. By the FCC's figures, HD video is 5 to 8 Mbps and downloading files a minimum of 10 Mbps, each for one activity at a time. A student on a class call while a sibling streams still sits within what Bronze lists at up to 500 Mbps down. The upload side matters when a student sends a video or a large project; every plan lists up to 200 Mbps up. Group study is worth planning for too: three teenagers on three video calls is the case to picture, and each call is its own stream. Then there is the device. A school Chromebook may need to be set up on your home Wi-Fi, and the article on [Chromebook network setup](https://hdiss.net/support/computer-chromebook-network/) shows how. ## How do I keep homework time under control? Most routers have parental controls, and a DNS filter can cover every device in the house. The guides on [parental controls basics](https://hdiss.net/guides/parental-controls-basics/) and [DNS filtering for families](https://hdiss.net/guides/dns-filtering-for-families/) explain what each does and does not do. Time limits, a bedtime and a filter are settings on your router, not on High Desert's network, so a parent can change them in minutes and no call to the office is needed. Test them on one device first, then roll them out to the rest, and tell the students what is blocked and why. The guide on [guest networks and Wi-Fi passwords](https://hdiss.net/guides/guest-networks-and-wifi-passwords/) says how. ## What about the data limit? Homework itself uses little. Video classes and game downloads use much more. Each plan has a data transfer limit, sizes by email at info@hdiss.net, and the service agreement charges $1 per gigabyte over it in a billing cycle. A teenager who streams and downloads games can use more than the rest of the family together. The [monthly data estimate](https://hdiss.net/guides/estimate-your-monthly-data-use/) helps a family plan. ## Which plan fits a student household? Bronze at $50 a month fits one or two students and the usual evening streaming, Silver at $75 and Gold at $99 add room for several students online together. Plans can be changed with a call. The company says there are no contracts, so a family can start with the lower plan and move up if a school year proves busier than expected. Some students also need to be online while the rest of the house is asleep or away, and an evening-only test of the connection will not show how it behaves at other hours; run the speed test from the guide on [running a speed test](https://hdiss.net/guides/how-to-run-a-speed-test/) at different times of day and write the results down before you call us. Send your address and a person looks at the path from the nearest tower, then calls you back. If you live where the path is blocked, we say so, and the guide on [when cable stops](https://hdiss.net/guides/when-cable-stops-at-the-end-of-the-road/) explains the choices. ### Sources - [api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5](https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5) (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year, retrieved 2026-10-02) table B28002 (households with no internet access) - [fcc.gov/consumers/guides/broadband-speed-guide](https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/broadband-speed-guide) (FCC Broadband Speed Guide, figures read 2026-10-15) - [hdiss.net/services/](https://hdiss.net/internet-plans/) (High Desert plan cards, read 2026-10-15) - [hdiss.net/terms-of-use/](https://hdiss.net/service-agreement/) (HDISS Service Agreement V 1.12, data transfer limit and $1 per GB over, read 2026-10-15) ### Talk to a person - Call [775-575-9593](tel:7755759593) [775-391-5660](tel:7753915660) Open 9-5 every day - Email [info@hdiss.net](mailto:info@hdiss.net) [Check my address](https://hdiss.net/check-availability/#check) ### Related - [Homes with no internet subscription, by ZIP](https://hdiss.net/data/homes-without-internet/) - [Parental controls basics](https://hdiss.net/guides/parental-controls-basics/) - [Chromebook Wi-Fi and Ethernet: connect and troubleshoot](https://hdiss.net/support/computer-chromebook-network/) - [Bronze plan](https://hdiss.net/internet-plans/bronze/) - [Internet for large households](https://hdiss.net/internet-for/large-households/) - [Check my address](https://hdiss.net/check-availability/) Local since 2002 Fixed wireless from towers in Northern Nevada. Three plans, no contracts, local support, 4.8 on Google from 36 reviews. [About High Desert](https://hdiss.net/about/) ## Which plan runs it [Bronze Package](https://hdiss.net/internet-plans/bronze/) $50 a month Up to 500 Mbps down Up to 200 Mbps up Runs a household: a 4K TV, a video call and a game at the same time, with room left over. [Check my address](https://hdiss.net/check-availability/?plan=bronze#check) [Silver Package](https://hdiss.net/internet-plans/silver/) $75 a month Up to 800 Mbps down Up to 200 Mbps up More headroom: a full house online at once, several 4K TVs, work from home and big downloads. [Check my address](https://hdiss.net/check-availability/?plan=silver#check) [Gold Package](https://hdiss.net/internet-plans/gold/) $99 a month Up to 1 Gig down Up to 200 Mbps up The most headroom we sell: large households, a home office, cameras, backups and everything else at once. [Check my address](https://hdiss.net/check-availability/?plan=gold#check) Every speed is an up-to figure. What you see depends on the path from the tower to your roof, how many people are online and your Wi-Fi router. Each plan has a data transfer limit; ask us for yours at [info@hdiss.net](mailto:info@hdiss.net). Ask about 1 Gig / 1 Gig. Our ultra-low-latency service with upload as fast as download, in some areas. Check your address and tick "Ask about 1 Gig / 1 Gig" and we will tell you if your address can get it. [About the 1 Gig / 1 Gig service](https://hdiss.net/internet-plans/gig-symmetrical/). Prices and speeds as published by High Desert Internet Services (hdiss.net, read 10/15/26). "Runs" lines use the FCC Household Broadband Guide and Broadband Speed Guide (fcc.gov), which the FCC calls rough guidelines; every High Desert plan is above the FCC's highest household band of more than 25 Mbps. Not sure which plan? [Use the plan picker](https://hdiss.net/#picker). ## Questions people ask ### How much speed does online school need? The FCC lists HD video at 5 to 8 Mbps for one stream. Count the screens in class at once and add the rest of the house. ### Does High Desert offer a student plan? No student pricing is published. The three plans are the only ones listed.