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.
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Internet outage closes government offices, businesses and university campus in Kotzebue
It could be two months until services are restored to normal.
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.
Ship begins laying cable that will bring high-speed internet to the Aleutians
If all goes according to plan, Unalaska and Akutan will have high-speed internet by the end of this year.
As last big cable carrier drops One America News, Alaska’s GCI hangs on
OAN has been a reliable platform for conspiracy theories related to COVID-19, vaccinations and the 2020 election. The network now faces several defamation lawsuits relating to that coverage.
Per capita, Alaskans are the country’s most-scammed people
Although seniors lose the most money to fraud, people aged 18-30 get scammed the most often.
Tununak residents share what it’s like to live in rural Alaska without internet
A fire also damaged Tunanak’s internet infrastructure, causing outages for half of the village.
Flooding in Interior Alaska could cause slower internet, data speeds in Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
Internet disruptions will occur until a generator is installed or power is restored to the area.
GCI launches marine survey in hopes of bringing fiber service to the Aleutians
GCI is partnering with a Matanuska Valley surveying company to chart the subsea floor along an 860-mile route from Kodiak to the Aleutians.
GCI plans wireless upgrades across Alaska, including faster speeds for rural communities
As rural Alaska communities begin to see improved service, the current fastest speeds in Alaska will double to 2-gig speed starting in 2022.