The library has 50 T-Mobile WiFi Hotspots (small devices that generate a WiFi network) available to borrow for free for students without internet access at home. 

Steps to getting a Wi-Fi Hotspot:

1. For Fall 2024, Fill out the BTC Wi-Fi application Form. Currently all students approved for a hotspot will be put on a waitlist for a device
2. For Spring 2025 the BTC Hotspot Application for Spring 2025 will open on January 6 2025 
3. Your application will be approved, denied or waitlisted, you will receive notification in your BTC email from library@blackhawk.edu. 
4. If approved, or waitlisted and a device becomes available, pick it up at the Library Help Desk in the Student Success Center anytime we are open. You will need you're government issued photo ID and to read and sign the loan agreement. 
5. Take-home equipment, return the device in the original box on or before the due date 

Setting Up Your WiFi Device

• Instructions will be included in the box for each device, see online instructions here:
  blackhawk.libanswers.com/laptops/faq/377318
• For most of the WiFi hotspots, the password to the WiFi network will be displayed on a screen on the device, some select hotspots, a password card will be included in the box