Alaska – Fiber Broadband Association https://fiberbroadband.org When Fiber Leads, the Future Follow. Thu, 16 Mar 2023 22:42:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://fiberbroadband.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cropped-FBA-Crown-32x32.png Alaska – Fiber Broadband Association https://fiberbroadband.org 32 32 Alaska Power & Telephone Awarded $21.5 Million USDA ReConnect Grant for Prince of Wales Island Fiber Optic Cable and Rural Broadband Buildout https://fiberbroadband.org/2020/10/21/alaska-power-telephone-awarded-21-5-million-usda-reconnect-grant-for-prince-of-wales-island-fiber-optic-cable-and-rural-broadband-buildout/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 04:00:00 +0000 https://fiberbroadband.org/2020/10/21/alaska-power-telephone-awarded-21-5-million-usda-reconnect-grant-for-prince-of-wales-island-fiber-optic-cable-and-rural-broadband-buildout/ Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) says its subsidiary, AP&T Wireless, Inc. has received a $21,545,167 grant from the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utility Services ReConnect grant program for the SEALink broadband project. AP&T will provide $7 million to help complete the project, which will provide high-speed Internet to consumers in Kasaan and Coffman Cove. Crews will also install a 214-mile fiber-optic cable between Prince of Wales Island, Petersburg and Juneau. Officials say the SEALink project will support economic and community stability in the region.

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