TERRA-Southwest is United Utilities Incorporated's (UUI) project to build a next generation communications network in Southwest Alaska. This historic project is jointly funded with $44 million coming from the USDA Rural Utilities Service and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and $44 million in the form of a loan to UUI. UUI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alaska's largest telecommunications company, GCI.
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Project Updates

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1/19/2012

RT @KTVA: http://t.co/ItCdMb6Y
New Project to Make Broadband in Southwest More Affordable - Called "Terra Southwest"

1/19/2012

TERRA Coverage Via @KTVA New Project to Make Broadband in Southwest More Affordable http://t.co/b8voVWlZ

1/19/2012

TERRA featured in @CTChatter - #Stimulus Success Story: ‘Middle Mile’ Broadband In #Alaska: http://t.co/HcNwROXX

Short project updates will be posted to this section of the website as they occur. If you have any questions on project activities please contact Krag Johnsen.

News and Announcements

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ALASKA DISPATCH: BROADBAND INTERNET FORGES INTO RURAL ALASKA

1/13/2012

Thousands of remote Alaskans will soon be able to enjoy high-speed Internet thanks to an $88 million project -- funded partly with a federal stimulus grant -- that laid hundreds of miles of fiber-o

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ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE: GCI TO CONNECT SOUTHWEST WITH BROADBAND

1/13/2012

Southwest Alaska is ready to get online a year after General Communications Inc. broke ground on a historic project to bring high-speed internet access to the region.

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ABOVE GROUND LEVEL: BRINGING BROADBAND TO REMOTE, RURAL ALASKA

12/09/2011

A great engineering and construction feat is being undertaken in southwest Alaska.

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