Update: GCI delays Sitka outage to Thursday, March 13
GCI users in Sitka will lose internet service starting Thursday, March 13 for up to eight days.
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Outage leaves most of Sitka without internet and cell service
Updated: 11:25 a.m.Sitka’s internet outage is impacting local medical services. The regional healthcare provider, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, announced that until internet service is restored, Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center is canceling elective surgeries.
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Ahead of schedule, GCI turns on 5 new cell towers in Sitka
GCI turned on five new cell towers in Sitka just before New Years, at least a full week ahead of schedule. The Alaska-based telecommunications company struck a deal with the Sitka Electric Department, which invested $300,000 installing the 60-foot towers -- but only GCI customers will benefit initially.
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An unusual partnership, Sitka’s utility installs GCI cell towers
In what the parties are calling a unique public-private partnership, the Sitka Electric Department has just installed five new cell phone towers -- on behalf of wireless service provider GCI. The deal could help shave Sitkans’ electric bills by around $2-million over the next 20 years.Read More
Damaged cable disrupts Sitka’s internet, wireless service
Telecommunication services to Sitka and Angoon were disrupted early Thursday morning (7-13-17) when the fiber optic cable serving those communities was damaged. Service should be restored within 24 hours.
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