Forty rural communities in Western Alaska now have access to high-speed broadband, about eight to 16 times faster than their previous services, according to GCI.
GCI began connecting communities of Bristol Bay and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to the TERRA-Southwest service, which is the only terrestrial broadband service in the region, earlier this year. The network was established with 400 miles of fiber-optic cable and 13 microwave towers.
According to a GCI press release, the communities previously only had access to a satellite-based WISP system. The new terrestrial network will eliminate the satellite-related latency, the press release said.
GCI has more than two dozen communities lined up to receive the service next.
For more information about the network service head to GCI’s website.
