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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Business survey adds up losses during Sitka’s summer internet outage
The Sitka business community wants to quantify the economic impact of the internet outage. A survey has been circulating since September, and will close before Thanksgiving. Organizers hope the results will help Sitka advocate for a more robust connection, or at least redundancy.
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A major headache for some, Sitka’s internet outage is a ‘snow day’ for the overconnected
As Sitka’s internet outage extends into a second week, plenty of people have felt the frustration of being unable to communicate, whether it’s a postponed surgical procedure that required telemedicine, or just setting up a carpool for their child.
But something else is going on, too, and it’s not simply nostalgia for the days when the entire world wasn’t a click away. KCAW’s Robert Woolsey spoke with a clinical mental health counselor to learn more about the unexpected upside of being out of touch.Read More
With internet down, Sitka’s students go old-school
Sitka High's limited internet connectivity during the outage is causing some teachers to revert to past methods of instruction: Paper and pencil.
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