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Hamburg (dpa / lno) - So that the school programs for homeschooling in Hamburg can be used even more reliably, the transmission speed in the Hanseatic city is to be further improved.

In Hamburg it has already been quadrupled, said Hamburg's school senator Ties Rabe (SPD) on Tuesday the radio station NDR 90.3.

«Judging by where we started, we have come very far.

But I admit that the considerably high uses now come up against many limits. "

But he has high hopes “that we can still make progress here”.

The IServ education server is used for teaching in schools.

On Monday, video lessons were initially not possible there due to a technical failure.

Due to strict data protection reasons, state and municipal institutions cannot use programs such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams.

"That is really a shame and presents us with great challenges, because the alternative programs that we have to choose do not have the market presence and therefore not always this security against disruptions."

According to Rabe, the city has purchased around 45,000 more laptops and tablets for schools as of March.

"No other federal state has bought anywhere near as many tablets and laptops as measured by the number of students."

To the best of his knowledge, at least 90 percent of the 62,000 or so devices are currently in use.