The proposed project will build a 257-mile subsea fiber extension of Quintillion’s existing middle mile fiber network from Nome south to the Native Villages of Emmonak and Hooper Bay, then 25 miles of terrestrial middle mile and last mile fiber to the premises (FTTP) delivering affordable 100 Mbps or greater symmetric broadband services to all 501 households plus all businesses and premises over a 15.95 square mile area.
Broadband service availability will be life changing and lifesaving to the residents, and transformational to the institutions in these currently unserved and underserved communities.
Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC (subsequently referred to as “Quintillion” or the “Applicant”) is a leading integrated digital infrastructure provider founded in 2016 and headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska with a vision of bringing world-class telecommunications services to the Arctic to support economic development and improve the quality of life. Quintillion is the first and in many cases only provider to bring world-class telecommunications infrastructure to many areas of the Alaskan Arctic through our subsea and land-based fiber optic cable networks.
As the wholesaler or “middle mile” provider, we have always had an open access network which will continue with this proposed project and all other middle mile extensions to follow.
Quintillion proposes to build a subsea fiber extension of its existing middle mile fiber network from Nome to the Native Villages of Emmonak and Hooper Bay, then last mile fiber to the premises (FTTP) delivering 100 Mbps or greater symmetric broadband services to all premises in the two unserved communities, serving a total population of 2,238 comprising 501 households and some 50 businesses, 3 schools, and 2 medical clinics covering a total service area of 13.38 square miles. This will deliver fast affordable high-speed broadband service to these communities for the first time including low-cost packages that are sufficient and practical.
Hooper Bay is a coastal village on the West Coast of Alaska in the Kusilvak Census Area where 96% of the residents are Alaska Native. It is located approximately 150 miles west-northwest of Bethel, 500 miles west of Anchorage, and 20 miles south of Cape Romanzof in the YukonKuskokwim Delta with an estimated population of 1,400 comprising 284 households and 21 businesses, covering 7.35 square miles. Hooper Bay relies on air and water transportation with no connecting roads and is involved in commercial fishing, processing, and subsistence activities. Hooper Bay is a traditional Yup’ik community whose indigenous name is Naparagamiut meaning “stake village people” and residents are predominantly Alaska Natives.
Emmonak is located on the mouth of the Yukon River on the West Coast of Alaska, ten miles from the Bering Sea. It is within the Kusilvak Census Area, one of the most remote regions of the state. It lies approximately 120 miles northwest of Bethel and 490 miles from Anchorage with an estimated population of 838 comprising 217 households and 26 businesses, covering 8.61 square miles. Emmonak relies on air and water transportation with no connecting roads and is involved in commercial fishing, processing, and subsistence activities. Some 96% of the population are Yup’ik Alaska Native and members of one of two Federally Recognized Tribes, Emmonak Village and Chuloonawich Native Village, who both have their headquarters there.
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