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GCI outage shuts down some Anchorage 911 calls, impacts cell and internet service
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 9—A widespread GCI network outage Sunday shut down 911 calls from some users in the Anchorage area and caused intermittent internet and cell service outages in locations around Alaska, ...
Alaska's widespread GCI outage was caused by a failed sprinkler system, company says
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 9—A widespread GCI outage that prevented customers from calling 911 and disrupted phone and internet service throughout Alaska on Sunday was caused by a failed sprinkler system that damaged ...
GCI agrees to pay $40 million in settlement with federal government
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 11—The largest telecommunications company in Alaska has agreed to pay the federal government $40 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly inflated prices under a federal program ...
Starlink begins providing high-speed satellite internet in Alaska
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 29—SpaceX last week announced the launch of Starlink in Alaska, its high-speed satellite internet service that advocates say will beam broadband to every corner of the state. Alaskans who ...
In just a few months, satellite internet has reshaped web access in rural Alaska
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoAug. 20—Across Alaska, on fishing boats and cabin roofs and conex containers, flat white antennas are popping up like high-tech mushrooms. They're Starlink terminals, delivering new technology ...
Millions in federal grants awarded for rural Alaska internet
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMore than $100 million in grants have been announced by the federal government as part of a major effort to close the digital divide in parts of rural Alaska. The projects will improve upon ...
Years after the pandemic forced many Alaskans to work from home, these employers are sticking with...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 26—Gina Romero, remote work The pandemic has changed the way Alaskans work. GCI, First National Bank Alaska and many other Alaska employers have implemented policies allowing much of their ...
Feds unveil millions more for Alaska rural broadband expansion, bringing total investments to $2B
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 22—As the federal government pours funding toward broadband expansion in Alaska, officials unveiled an additional $100 million Tuesday to grow rural internet access. The latest installment ...
As Western Alaska floodwaters recede, damage assessments begin across hundreds of miles of coastline
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 19—Flood flooding Golovin storm Western Alaska The remnants of a massive Pacific typhoon that battered a thousand-mile stretch of Western Alaska dissipated Sunday morning, with floodwaters ...
First lady Jill Biden and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland promote broadband investment in a historic...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 18—BETHEL — First Lady Jill Biden and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland made a quick but historic trip to Bethel on Wednesday to tout massive federal investments in fiber broadband in a remote ...