In Alaska, Quintillion was awarded an $89 million federal grant to expand internet infrastructure in Nome, Emmonak, Naknek, King Salmon, Igiugig and Homer.
White House infrastructure coordinator Mitch Landrieu speaks during a briefing at the White House, May 12, 2023, in Washington. The massive federal effort to expand internet access to every home in the U.S. took a major step forward on Friday with the announcement of $930 million in"middle mile" grants to shore up connections in dozens of places around the country where significant gaps in connectivity persist.
“These networks are the workhorses carrying large amounts of data over very long distances,” said Mitch Landrieu, the White House’s infrastructure coordinator, in a media Zoom call. “They’re the ones that are bridging the gap between the larger networks and the last mile connections, from tribal lands to underserved rural and remote areas to essential institutions like hospitals, schools, libraries and major businesses.
Alaska’s U.S. Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski applauded the investment in the state’s internet infrastructure in a statement, and both cited the current regional outage caused byoffshore from Utqiagvik as an example of why building resiliency and redundancy was critical.
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