GCI announced the repairs in an email to customers Monday, more than three months after the cable was cut in an ice scouring event near Prudhoe Bay.
Repairs are complete to a severed fiber optic cable affecting internet and cellphone service in much of Northern and Western Alaska.cut in an ice scouring event
The company that built and owns the cable, Quintillion, originally anticipated service would be restored in eight weeks, but that timeline slipped several times. “That restoral effort has already begun,” Handyside said. “And I believe that customers are already seeing better service as a result.”
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