Sitka still without internet, cell service after undersea cable break

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Sitka still without internet, cell service after undersea cable break
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GCI said technicians were working to temporarily reroute Sitka’s internet traffic with hopes to restore basic voice and text service and limited internet sometime Friday.

Trollers await the July 1 opening of the king salmon season in Sitka ’s Crescent Harbor. The commercial season for king salmon in Southeast Alaska opens on Saturday, July 1, 2023. Nearly all Sitka ns use GCI for both services, but that went out ThursdayOn Friday, GCI said in a statement posted to social media that they are investigating a break in a subsea fiber optic cable.

Emergency services are still available. The Sitka Police Department announced that it is still receiving 911 calls from both landlines and cell phones. Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center’s emergency room is still open, and they are accepting local patients but are diverting other communities from sending in patients until internet access is restored.

A representative from the Sitka Trial Court told KCAW that they cannot access online filings, which is slowing things down, but as of Friday, they were still holding court proceedings as scheduled.

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