GCI announced the repairs in an email to customers Monday, 14 weeks after the cable was cut in an ice scouring event in the Arctic Ocean west of Prudhoe Bay.
"Alaska digital divide"
As frustration grows, Quintillion extends timeline for restoring Western Alaska internet service
Repairs to the broken fiberoptic cable can’t happen until sea ice opens up enough for a repair vessel to get through.
With broadband set to expand across Alaska, Sullivan calls for regulation of social media, ‘big tech’
Sullivan suggested there may be a bill or bills that would limit social media to users aged 16 and older.
Ongoing internet outage hamstrings 911, other vital services in Northwest Alaska
The outage is affecting everything from emergency dispatch to EBT cards and payroll.
Aleutian project reaches milestone as first Unalaska residents get high-speed internet
GCI connected its first Unalaska residential customers to its fastest two-gig internet speeds this week.
Biden administration announces $10.4 million grant for undersea cable from Metlakatla to Ketchikan
Local leaders say they hope it will make Metlakatla a better place to live and work.
Cable ship finishes undersea fiber optic link to Southeast’s Prince of Wales Island
The cable runs from the Prince of Wales Island community of Coffman Cove to Juneau.
Federal officials tout ‘once-in-a-generation’ chance to expand broadband in Alaska
The federal infrastructure bill allocates $65 billion across the country to help ensure people have access to affordable, high-speed internet.
Millions of pounds of fiber cable are en route to Unalaska to bring high speed internet to the region
The Aleutians Fiber Project will run from Kodiak along the south side of the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutians.
A Western Alaska village is finally getting high-speed internet, thanks to the pandemic
Many people moved their lives online because of the pandemic, but that wasn’t always possible in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.