In addition to academic libraries, WiscNet provides access for 122 school districts and about 40 public libraries. BadgerDial will be phased out when local access to the Internet is available statewide. The latter often serve the populace in smaller communities. Most WTCS campuses and private academic institutions are also on the Internet via WiscNet. Most academic institutions host Web sites and provide Web access and email to faculty, staff and students.
Net access is highly dependent on community size.
About 70 libraries or systems have Web sites. Others have dial access. No reliable statistics are available on nonpublic school Internet access. Approximately 120 of the state's 426 school districts have Web sites. The development of statewide electronic library networks has been, and will continue to be, directly dependent on affordable access to telecommunication networks.