Fiber optic cable break in Sitka could take nearly two weeks to repair

Trollers await the July 1 opening of the king salmon season in Sitka’s Crescent Harbor. The commercial season for king salmon in Southeast Alaska opens on Saturday, July 1, 2023. (Berett Wilber/KCAW)
A widespread internet and cellular outage in Sitka continued into the weekend.
Sitka has been without internet access since Thursday after an undersea fiber optic cable broke, cutting off the island from the online world.
GCI provides internet and cell service for most Sitkans. In an email to