Key Quotes from Comments on Record
PBIA - March 26th, 2009 FCC Filing: "The proposed areas of service – the entire western half of the state – does not have reliable, high speed broadband connectivity.”
“[PBIA has] very serious doubts about the existing satellite service’s ability to provide the same level of service to this rural part of the country as will be enjoyed by users in more urban areas.”
“If federal policy makers can help insure the successful roll-out of a project such as the one proposed in Alaska under these challenging conditions – which we believe can be done - then achieving true ubiquitous personal broadband anywhere in the Lower 48 is achievable.”
RCA - March 25th, 2009 FCC filing:“The inherent limitations of satellite service will preclude rural Alaska from participating in next generation communications.”
RCA - April 13th, 2009 NTIA/RUS filing: The RCA urged the agencies to, “assume that any community without direct middle mile fiber access to a major Internet hub or that relies on satellite transport for any portion of its access is by definition unserved.”
KKCC - September 16th, 2009 to Oceans Policy Task Force: "The U.S. Arctic Research Commission has identified studying environmental change in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean as a major research priority for the 2007-2011 period (see Report on Goals and Objectives for Arctic Research 2007, http://www.arctic.gov/publications/usarc_2007_goals.pdf). However, the Commission's 2007 report to Congress noted that success in such research will require substantial investment in infrastructure, particularly in ocean observatories. NFOL can play a key role in filling that need by providing the monitoring and data transmission backbone capacity and shored-based power that ocean observatories require."
Full Comments on Record
View comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the matter of: Report on a Comprehensive Rural Broadband Strategy.
(GN Docket #09-29)
Full comments submitted by the Kodiak Kenai Cable Company, LLC (KKCC) to the FCC dated March 25, 2009.
Full comments submitted by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) to the FCC dated March 25, 2009.
Full comments submitted by the Personal Broadband Industry Association (PBIA) to the FCC dated March 25, 2009.
View comments submitted to the FCC in the matter of: The Commission's Consultative Role in the Broadband Provisions of the Recovery Act.
(GN Docket #09-40)
Full comments submitted by KKCC to the FCC dated April 13, 2009.
View comments submitted to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) in the matter of: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Broadband Initiatives.
(Docket #090309298-9299-01)
Full comments submitted by the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) to the NTIA and RUS dated April 13, 2009.
Full comments submitted by KKCC to the NTIA and RUS dated April 13, 2009.
View comments submitted to the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force in response to their request for comments on the issues set forth in the President's June 12, 2009 memorandum on the need for a national ocean policy.
Full comments submitted by KKCC to the Oceans Policy Task Force dated September 16, 2009.