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New North Slope Fiber-optic Cable System to Turbocharge North Slope Broadband Access

Tim Ellis

Residents of five North Slope communities will soon have access to much faster internet connections, now that Anchorage-based Quintillion has activated…

Changing Arctic

Feds Offer $1 Billion to Improve Broadband Access in Rural, Remote Alaskan Communities

Tim Ellis

A boost for broadband in rural Alaska …The Federal Communications Commission last week announced it’ll give Alaska’s smaller telecoms up to a billion…

Changing Arctic

Elder Worries Broadband Will Erode Native Culture, Make Youth ‘Forget Their Identity’

Tim Ellis

A concern over broadband coming to Native villages …The biggest local internet-service provider in northernmost Alaska expects high demand for the…

Changing Arctic

Fiber-Optic Cable Project Could Bring Broadband to Northern Alaska

Tim Ellis

Quintillion fiber-optic project could become an Internet pipeline for remote Alaskan communities.Editor's note: second of a two-part series.U.S. Special…