The keyword Meta tag will be up to 1000 characters including spaces. Words will not be repeated, but may be used in different forms. Use plural when possible. Include words people use when they search. This agreement formalizes the Letter of Intent signed by the companies on July 15 of this year.
Dark fiber is the actual cable without the electronic equipment needed to transmit communications.
Each company will provide their own electronic equipment to light the fiber. GCI will build an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Valdez with Whittier, and will construct an overland fiber optic link from Whittier to Anchorage, where it will tie into Alaska United fiber optic cable system to the lower 48. Kanas fiber optic system will follow the Trans-Alaska Pipeline from Valdez to Fairbanks, continuing north to Prudhoe Bay. Kanas is an Alaska-based and operated company owned by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Ahtna Incorporated, Chugach Alaska Corporations and MFS Network Technologies. The company provides high capacity network facilities and services in Central Alaska for communication service providers and large private users.