Alaska will connect to the continental US via a 100-terabit fiber optic network

Late last year, Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr got an “earful” from remote Alaskan residents who were concerned with how poor their access to the internet is — and they weren’t wrong. Alaska has, on average, some of the slowest internet connections in the country, primarily due to its distance from the rest of the continental United States.But remote Alaskans may see faster speeds soon. MTA Fiber Holdings announced today that it would build the “first and