Get_BroadBand: Download the data regarding the broad band connection...

In SchoolDataIT: Retrieve, Harmonise and Map Open Data Regarding the Italian School System

Download the data regarding the broad band connection activation in Italian schools

Description

Retrieves the data regarding the activation date of the broad band connection in schools. It also indicates whether the connection was activated or not at a certain date.

Usage

Get_BroadBand(
  Date = Sys.Date(),
  verbose = TRUE,
  show_col_types = FALSE,
  autoAbort = FALSE
)

Arguments

Date	Object of class Date. The date at which it is required to determine if the broad band connection has been activated or not. By default it is the current date.
verbose	Logical. If TRUE, the user keeps track of the main underlying operations. TRUE by default.
show_col_types	Logical. If TRUE, if the verbose argument is also TRUE, the columns of the raw dataset are shown during the download. FALSE by default.
autoAbort	Logical. Whether to automatically abort the operation and return NULL in case of missing internet connection or server response errors. FALSE by default.

Details

Ultra - Broadband is defined as everlasting internet connection with a maximum speed of 1 gigabit per second, with a minimum guaranteed speed of 100 megabits/second both on the uploading and downloading operations, until the peering point is reached, as declared on the data provider's website: <https://bandaultralarga.italia.it/scuole-voucher/progetto-scuole/>. In the example the broadband availability at the beginning of school year 2022/23 (1st september 2022) is shown.

Value

An object of class tbl_df, tbl and data.frame. The variables BB_Activation_date and BB_Activation_staus indicate the activation date and activation status of the broadband connection at the selected date.

Source

Broadband dashboard: <https://bandaultralarga.italia.it/scuole-voucher/dashboard-scuole/>

Examples

Broadband_220901 <- Get_BroadBand(Date = as.Date("2022-09-01"), autoAbort = TRUE)

Broadband_220901

Broadband_220901[, c(9,6,13,14)]

SchoolDataIT documentation built on June 8, 2025, 12:41 p.m.