Aaron Helmericks
17:53 - 18:37
“We received 3 grants totaling $121 million, 18 communities across Alaska focused in the continuing to close the digital divide in western Alaska as well as the greater Anchorage area. And as we've talked before, our technology utilized is a combination of fiber hybrid microwave and fiber to the prem to be able to lower the overall investment cost but still provide a highly reliable and resilient network connectivity.”
- Speaker
- Aaron Helmericks
- Timestamp
- 17:53 – 18:37
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 20, 2026
From the transcript
So then on the future projects with B.E.E.D., as, as touched on with a bit with Tony, We received 3 grants totaling $121 million, 18 communities across Alaska focused in the continuing to close the digital divide in western Alaska as well as the greater Anchorage area. And as we've talked before, our technology utilized is a combination of fiber hybrid microwave and fiber to the prem to be able to lower the overall investment cost but still provide a highly reliable and resilient network connectivity. So a lot of what we work through is around being able to provide multi— multi-technology and rings associated with it.
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