07-09-2016 03:00 via ktoo.org

Fiber-optic cable aimed at improving internet to be installed this month

The path of the Lynn Canal fiber-optic cable. (AP&T
Dreams of access to faster internet in Haines and Skagway may come true later this year.
This month, Alaska Power and Telephone is set to install an underwater fiber-optic cable in the Upper Lynn Canal.
The cable will grow Internet capacity in Haines and Skagway.
A ship holding an 86-mile fiber-optic cable will make its way from Washington to the Upper Lynn Canal within the next couple weeks.
In mid-September, the crew will start laying the
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