Posts Tagged ‘Quintillion’
Nome Residents Continue Wait For Quintillion High-Speed Internet
Residents of Nome continue to wait to access high-speed internet through Quintillion’s fiber-optic cable, though a handful of business customers are now connecting to it.
Read MoreFiber Optic Cable System Fully Installed; Quintillion To Provide Service in Alaska This December
By the time service is made commercially available in December, Quintillion will have contracts to sell wholesale data capacity to multiple telecommunications providers, company representative Kristina Woolston says.
Read MoreNome Port Activity “Winding Down” for Winter, Commission Says
Just a handful of vessels will use the port before winter. Hoping to secure a federal grant to expand the small boat harbor, Port Director Joy Baker compares the congestion to “a difficult game of Tetris.”
Read MoreQuintillion Appoints Interim CEO
Anchorage-based telecommunications company Quintillion has appointed an interim CEO following the resignation of its former CEO, Elizabeth Pierce, last week. She cited personal reasons.
Read MoreFiber Broadband Coming to Nome by Year’s End, Quintillion Says
40 more miles of fiber optic cable: Kristina Woolston with Quintillion says “that one critical piece is what we have left to install this summer.” Quintillion plans to go live with its fiber optic service on December 1.
Read More‘Arctic Fiber’ Project Delayed into 2016
Delays in both the subsea Arctic cable, and a terrestrial cable along the Dalton Highway, could push the rollout of ultrafast broadband in rural Alaska to 2016 or beyond.
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