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Jill Biden touts efforts to bring better internet to Alaska Native villages

May 18, 2023 by www.chron.com Leave a Comment

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 11 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For years, when the tiny Alaska Native village of Rampart's awful internet service would go down, the only way to reach the outside world was to await the small airplane that touched down daily with supplies and the occasional visitor. “We had no way of getting ahold of anybody out of Rampart other than going to the airport and telling the pilot,” said tribal administrator Margaret Moses. The pilot would relay messages — including word of medical emergencies — after flying 100 miles (161 kilometers) to Fairbanks. The Koyukon Athabascan village of about 50 people eventually upgraded to a satellite company, at a hefty price of $3,000 a month. It's one of scores of Alaska Native villages where spotty and expensive internet coverage is the norm — if it's available at all. And such service can be the only … [Read more...] about Jill Biden touts efforts to bring better internet to Alaska Native villages

Filed Under: Business Jill Biden, Debra Haaland, Rose Dunleavy, Margaret Moses, Mary Peltola, Kevin Hamer, Adam Geisler, Democrat, Yupik, Rural Alaska, Alaska Native, Bethel, U.S., ...

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