fiber optic

GCI is starting to install fiber internet infrastructure in King Cove and Sand Point this week.

Unalaska is officially connected to high speed fiber internet, but not everyone on the island has access to the new service.GCI connected its first customers in December, and now, Rural Affairs Director Jenifer Nelson said around 200 homes in the community of about 4,500 year-round residents are turned on and either actively using the fiber broadband or ready to start service.

Nearly 2,000 tons of subsea fiber has begun the journey from Europe to Alaska and its eventual home on the ocean floor along the Aleutian Chain. The fiber — which is the foundation of GCI’s 800-mile Aleutians Fiber Project — would close the digital divide and bring high speed internet to homes in some of the most remote communities in the nation, including Unalaska.

GCI crews began construction in Unalaska Tuesday in preparation to bring fiber optic broadband to the island.

The Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska has applied for funding that could boost the island’s broadband capabilities. If approved, the tribe would use the money towards building a fiber optic cable from Washington state to Unalaska.

The federal government says it's investing $46.5 million to bring high speed internet to communities across coastal Alaska. That's expected to improve…

GCI says it won't move forward with bringing broadband communications to Unalaska at this time unless they receive a large grant from the USDA.The company…

GCI has applied to bring broadband communications to communities along the Aleutian chain.The proposed project would bring fiber optic cable from Kodiak…