Alaska Subsea Cable Break Fixed, Quintillion Says
High-speed service for Quintillion customers has resumed following subsea cable repairs over the weekend, the company said Tuesday. Customers in the North Slope and northwest Alaskan communities have experienced service disruption since a fiber cut in January (see 2501220001). Quintillion…
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said the next step is cable burial, which could take an additional two weeks. "With cable repair behind us, Quintillion’s No. 1 priority is now fortifying our network to mitigate the risk of future outages, even those that can be caused by Acts of Nature." That mitigation work will include burying cables deeper and creating more redundancy and resiliency in the company's system, it said.