After more than two years of planning, branching underwater internet cables have reached their resting place on the seafloor between Dillingham and the mouth of the Kuskokwim River.
have reached their resting place on the seafloor between Dillingham and the mouth of the Kuskokwim River. It brings the hub community of Bethel, and eventually more than a dozen other coastal Kuskokwim and Yukon communities,to what the project’s purveyors say will be urban internet speeds and prices for the coastal edge of the state.
Hoffman said rthat there’s a worldview on the Y-K Delta that “people from across the globe can benefit from,” a sentiment shared by Greg Chapados, the COO and president of GCI. He calls fiber “an enormously empowering thing.” Hoffman said that there has been some serendipity in how the project has adapted – the path of some of the proposed network cables reflects historical travel patterns.
“I will tell you, nothing is simple as other relocations take place,” Chapados said. “They’re going to be expensive. It’s just – it’s a big deal.”“What makes all of this work, what makes these projects sustainable, is the fact that we have what we call anchor tenants or anchor customers,” Chapados said.
“My belief has always been that if you provide totally up to date communications for community like Bethel, there will be more opportunity,” Chapados said. “If there’s somebody young in Bethel that wants to be an engineer, this means that he or she doesn’t necessarily have to leave Bethel in order to realize their dreams; they can stay at home.”The fiber upgrades will come at a time of some internet upheaval in the region.
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