SERVICIO DE CONECTIVIDAD A INTERNET EN INSTITUCIONES EDUCATIVAS DEL DEPARTAMENTO NORTE DE

A dataset listing educational institutions in the Norte de Santander department of Colombia that have benefited from internet connectivity services. The data includes columns for school codes, connectivity types, student enrollment, bandwidth, technology used, and service dates. It was published on the Colombian open data portal, datos.gov.co, and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of internet bandwidth (ANCHO DE BANDA) across urban and rural zones (ZONA) to identify infrastructure gaps.
• Correlate student enrollment numbers (MATRÍCULA A BENEFICIAR POR SEDE EDUCATIVA) with the type of last-mile technology (Tecnología Última Milla) deployed.
• Track the duration and coverage of service contracts by calculating active periods using FECHA INICIO SERVICIO and FECHA FIN SERVICIO.
• Map service provision by municipality (MUNICIPIO) and department (DEPARTAMENTO) for regional planning and resource allocation.

Strengths

• Includes specific technical details like bandwidth in Mbps (ANCHO DE BANDA) and data plan capacity in GB (CAPACIDAD PLAN DE DATOS).
• Provides a clear geographic breakdown by municipality (MUNICIPIO) and zone (ZONA).
• Contains temporal data with service start and end dates (FECHA INICIO SERVICIO, FECHA FIN SERVICIO).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal).

Collection Method

Likely compiled from administrative records of a public service program.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is implied by service dates but no explicit range is provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:26:45; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Covers the Norte de Santander department in Colombia.