Utility provider to bring high-speed internet to 7 villages

High-speed internet is coming to seven Alaska villages next year.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports phone, wireless and cable provider CGI announced new towers are close to being finished as part of a project that currently serves 40,000 residents.

The company expects to offer high-speed internet in the Buckland, Selawik, Noorvik, St. Michael, Golovin, Elim and Koyuk villages by 2017.

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