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  • Telecommunications

    • Here is how GCI is arranging fibre in Alaska’s most rural towns

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    By Diana Muratov

    The Alaskan landscape is rife with broadband accessibility and deployment challenges, which GCI is all too familiar with. The operator recently reached a milestone with its AU-Aleutians fiber project, turning up 2-gig service in the city of Unalaska in December. Billy Wailand, SVP of GCI Corporate Development, and GCI Chief Communications Officer Heather Handyside discussed the project’s […]

  • Telecommunications

    • GCI tapped for tribal broadband projects fueled by $71M in grants

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    By Diana Muratov

    The operator is also undertaking work with the Native Village of Port Lions, which received a $29.3 million grant from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity program. GCI plans to provide 2 Gbps fibre access to more than a half-dozen Alaskan rural settlements utilising funds from federal broadband grants awarded to two tribal groups. The first of […]