Alaska Communications Calls FCC CAF Order 'Milestone' in Broadband Deployment
Alaska Communications welcomed the FCC's Monday order setting its service duties for using $19.7 million in annual Connect America Fund Phase II "frozen" USF subsidy support to deploy broadband in the state (see 1610310056). The company "is pleased to reach…
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this important milestone with the FCC, setting the stage for the single largest deployment of affordable broadband under any one program in Alaska,” said Leonard Steinberg, senior vice president-legal, regulatory and government affairs, in a release Tuesday. The funding will assist broadband expansion to rural communities along Alaska's highways but doesn't address middle-mile needs for deploying affordable broadband in bush communities not accessible by road, it said.