With repair of the damaged GCI fiber optic cable expected sometime in the next week, a lot of Sitkans are relying on Starlink thanks to help from the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
Sitka lost internet service Aug. 29 when an undersea cable broke.
“Our teams have successfully restored basic mobile voice and text services using alternative technology,” GCI reported Sept. 3. “However, customers are unable to use mobile data, internet and UConn TV services.”
The telecommunications provider said a fiber repair ship that arrived at the site of the cable break last we...
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