Recent Activity

  • Sourcing back-up broadband capacity for distribution into the affected markets. Orders have been placed, shipping and installation planning underway.
  • Evaluating Ice-Class vessels for early deployment prior to ice abatement.
  • Exploring under-ice repair options to prep area of restoration operations.
  • Met with our marine maintenance vendor to further develop repair plan, including required permitting, loading of spare materials in Dutch Harbor, operations nearby sea-ice, and coordination with the pre-repair survey team.
  • Reviewed and integrated into repair plan, the ice forecasts and permitting requirements.
  • Evaluated various unconventional options to make temporary repairs to the Quintillion system or establish temporary fiber connectivity around the faulted fiber segment – these will be worked in parallel with the contracted marine maintenance vessel repairs.