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State of Broadband
November 4, 2020 Commonwealth North
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Alaska Telecom Association
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State of Broadband November 4, 2020 Commonwealth North 1 Alaska - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
State of Broadband November 4, 2020 Commonwealth North 1 Alaska - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
State of Broadband November 4, 2020 Commonwealth North 1 Alaska Telecom Association 2 ILECs 3 Fixed Broadband Coverage 4 Wireless Coverage 5 Middle Mile 6 Alaska Telecom Association Middle Mile is Key - 2010 7 Middle Mile is Key -
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ILECs
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Fixed Broadband Coverage
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Wireless Coverage
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Middle Mile
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Middle Mile is Key - 2010
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Middle Mile is Key - 2020
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Middle Mile Broadband Expansion
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KPU Telecom Matanuska Telephone Association Nushagak Cooperative Cordova Telecom Alaska Power & Telephone
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Last Mile Broadband Expansion
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118,813 locations upgraded/new broadband by ATA
members since 2015
Projects completed in 2020 by:
Copper Valley Telecom Alaska Communications GCI Alaska Power & Telephone
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What’s next?
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Private investment Federal Programs State Programs New initiatives
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ReConnect Pilot Program Round 1
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Dec. 3, 2019 USDA awards Cordova Telecom
$18.9M grant to connect Yakutat
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ReConnect Pilot Program Round 2
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October 12, 2020 USDA awards $21.5M grant to Alaska
Power & Telephone to connect Coffman Cove and Kasaan
- n Prince of Wales Island.
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ReConnect Pilot Program Round 2
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October 12, 2020 USDA awards $25M grant to GCI to
build an undersea fiber connecting Unalaska, Akutan, King Cove, Sand Point, Chignik, & Larsen Bay
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Low Earth Orbit Satellites - LEOS
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Starlink One Web Project Kuiper Telesat
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2.5GHz Rural Tribal Spectrum
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USDA
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Community Connect ReConnect Pilot Program Distance Learning & Telemedicine Denali Commission
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Congress
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COVID-19 Response
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Demand on networks Supporting Alaskans Students Teachers Schools Communities
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Contact
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Christine O’Connor | Executive Director
- connor@alaskatel.org