Alaska leaders are stepping up efforts to land a giant chunk of more than $65 billion that’s available to improve broadband service across the U.S., largely through last year’s infrastructure bill.
with Alaska Communications Services to extend fiber-optic cable from Fairbanks to the villages.
Sen. Sullivan said three quarters of the federal officials overseeing the broadband money nationally are in the state this week, including two commissioners with the Federal Communications Commission, Nathan Simington and Brendan Carr. We want to “seize this incredible opportunity we have before us, which is to fully connect every part of Alaska, every village, every community to broadband and other internet connectivity,” Sullivan said.
Nicole Borromeo, executive vice president of the Alaska Federation of Natives, the state’s largest Alaska Native organization, said there will be a lot of competition for the money nationally. The group this spring received a $35 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to help reduce barriers to broadband use among many Alaska Native organizations.
“The pandemic has changed the way we work,” Dunleavy said. “More people are working remotely, but they depend on reliable, fast broadband service that isn’t available in many parts of Alaska. By deploying high-quality service to all, we are going to unlock a large cohort of Alaskans who can help fill jobs.”
It could be seven years before some projects at completed, but now is the time to plan, Von Bargen said.
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