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Below is a summary of the broadband characteristics for the area listed above. The broadband data below is as of June 30, 2012 and represents data collected by SBDD grantees. Click on the section headings to see more information.

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Number of Wireline Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 9.5%
3.5%
1 17.1%
9.6%
2 73.4%
31.2%
3 0.0%
38.1%
4 0.0%
13.2%
5 0.0%
3.0%
6 0.0%
0.9%
7 0.0%
0.3%
8+ 0.0%
0.2%
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Number of Wireless Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 9.3%
0.2%
1 3.7%
1.1%
2 4.5%
3.7%
3 28.7%
7.0%
4 10.7%
25.9%
5 43.2%
27.5%
6 0.0%
19.5%
7 0.0%
7.2%
8+ 0.0%
7.9%
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Technology Percent Population   Nationwide
DSL 85.1%
89.5%
Fiber 1.9%
20.5%
Cable 75.8%
87.6%
Wireless 89.3%
99.0%
Other 0.0%
0.0%
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Speed Percent Population   Nationwide
Unreported 0.0%
0.0%
Download > 0.768 Mbps, Upload > 0.2 Mbps 92.7%
99.6%
Download > 3 Mbps, Upload > 0.768 Mbps 88.3%
98.2%
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Broadband
Speed Test (mbps)
Number of Tests  
Home 1,401
0.9 Median Speed: 2.5 mbps Median Speed: 2.5 mbps 4.5
Schools, Libraries, Community Centers 34
3.9 Median Speed: 7.8 mbps Median Speed: 7.8 mbps 15.6
Medium/Large Business 104
2.7 Median Speed: 6.2 mbps Median Speed: 6.2 mbps 16.4
Small Business 99
1.0 Median Speed: 1.5 mbps Median Speed: 1.5 mbps 3.3
Mobile 5,204
0.5 Median Speed: 1.2 mbps Median Speed: 1.2 mbps 2.9
Other 35
0.3 Median Speed: 3.7 mbps Median Speed: 3.7 mbps 12.0
25* percentile  median speed (mbps) median speed (mbps)    75* percentile
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0 16.4
Community
Anchor Institutions
Total Number of Records Subscribe to Broadband  
Yes No ? *
Schools K through 12 712 447 20 245 290
University, College, other post-secondary 20 10 0 10 8
Libraries 126 53 49 24 44
Medical / Healthcare 276 195 2 79 175
Public Safety 319 12 4 303 3
Community Centers - Government support 569 47 6 516 19
Community Centers - Non-Government support 459 20 8 431 9
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Speeds provided *
CAI Speed Tiers
BTOP Alaska State Funding
Recipient Project Total Award
State Data and Development
Connected Nation (Alaska) State Data and Development $6,378,198
Infrastructure
University Corporation fo… United States Unified Community Anchor Network … $62,540,162
Public Computer Centers
Alaska Department of Educ… Networking Alaska Public Libraries $5,351,378
Sustainable Adoption
Communication Service for… Project Endeavor $14,988,657
University of Alaska Fair… Bridging the e-Skills Gap in Alaska $4,544,546
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BIP Alaska State Funding Summary
Applicant Name Grant Request Loan Request Total Request
Round 1
Rivada Sea Lion, LLC $25,333,240 $0 $25,333,240
Supervision Inc. $174,680 $0 $174,680
United Utilities, Inc. $43,982,240 $44,158,522 $88,140,762
Copper Valley Wireless, Inc. $1,747,795 $1,747,796 $3,495,591
Round 2
Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative Incorporate… $2,613,975 $2,613,975 $5,227,950
Sacenet $7,530,000 $0 $7,530,000
Echostar XI Operating LLC $14,159,250 $0 $14,159,250
Wildblue Communications $19,533,444 $0 $19,533,444
Hughes Network Systems $58,777,306 $0 $58,777,306
TA-Grants
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian T… $19,994,146,829 $0 $19,994,146,829
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Demographics
Total area (sq miles) 825,233
Population 731,587
Housing Units 319,270
Age Area (%)   Nationwide
under 5 5.7%
5.2%
5 - 19 22.4%
20.5%
20 - 34 20.5%
19.8%
35 - 59 34.1%
33.6%
60+ 17.3%
21.0%
Race Area (%)   Nationwide
White 73.6%
70.5%
Black 2.6%
11.3%
Hispanic 4.3%
13.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 5.5%
4.0%
Native American 14.0%
0.5%
Income Area (%)   Nationwide
Median income $68,494 $58,283
Poverty rate 11.0%
15.8%
Below $25k 16.3%
24.1%
$25k-$50k 25.7%
30.0%
$50k-$100k 34.5%
30.6%
$100k-$200k 23.4%
16.5%
$200k or more 4.3%
4.2%
Education Area (%)   Nationwide
High School
graduate
87.7%
80.0%
Bachelor's
degree or higher
24.0%
24.8%
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