Nome Residents Continue Wait For Quintillion High-Speed Internet
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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.
Quintillion’s Fiber Has Arrived in Nome — But for Residents, the Wait Continues
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Quintillion’s long-awaited fiber internet services are now active in Nome, but so far, only local institutions are connected to the new network. Bringing the fiber broadband to individual consumers will require agreements with residential providers that have yet to be finalized.
‘Arctic Fiber’ Project Delayed into 2016
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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.