Bethel Native Corporation (BNC)

The milestone for the tribal-private partnership that has unspooled hundreds of miles of fiber optic cables along the seafloor, riverbeds, and tundra of the region comes at a time when little is certain about the future of rural broadband.

Internet and mobile service provider GCI says that it’s completed a major step toward bringing fiber-optic internet to the lower Kuskokwim Delta. The collaborative network will span hundreds of miles, and could bring faster, cheaper internet to homes by early next year.