Include words people use when they search. The fiber optic system, the first to connect Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau to Seattle, will undergo acceptance testing for the next four weeks before traffic is switched over to the high speed cable the first week of February. Tyco Submarine Systems constructed the undersea portion of the line and completed its work on Tuesday, January 5. The Alaska United Fiber Optic Cable System will deliver a total design capacity of 129,024 simultaneous clear channel voice or data circuits at transmission speeds of 10 billion bits per second. With Alaska United, GCI will triple its Internet backbone to the lower 48 states.
Fiber optics is the preferred method of carrying Internet, voice, video and data communications.
It will eliminate the delay commonly found in satellite connections and will allow Alaska to expand its business, government and educational infrastructure.