Some 25,000 Alaska households were receiving the benefit as of February.
"Alaska digital divide"
Alaska House passes rural-school internet bill on fast-track timeline after education veto
Legislators must act quickly: March 27 is the federal deadline for rural school districts to apply for funding that pays for nine in every 10 dollars of their internet bills.
Time is running out for legislators to increase internet speeds for Alaska’s rural schools
One week remains until the deadline for federal grants that would make equitable speeds affordable.
Northern Alaska cable break repaired after 14 weeks of internet outages
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.
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.