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Federal discount on broadband is ending for 25,000 Alaska families

Some 25,000 Alaska households were receiving the benefit as of February.

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Northern Alaska cable break repaired after 14 weeks of internet outages

GCI announced the repairs in an email to customers Monday, 14 weeks after the cable was cut in an ice scouring event in the Arctic Ocean west of Prudhoe Bay.

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As frustration grows, Quintillion extends timeline for restoring Western Alaska internet service

Repairs to the broken fiberoptic cable can’t happen until sea ice opens up enough for a repair vessel to get through.

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With broadband set to expand across Alaska, Sullivan calls for regulation of social media, big tech

Sullivan suggested there may be a bill or bills that would limit social media to users aged 16 and older.

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