Sitka has been without internet access since Thursday after an undersea fiber optic cable broke, cutting off the island from the online world.
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. without internet access
GCI provides internet and cell service for most Sitkans. In an email to KCAW on Saturday, GCI Communications Manager Josh Edge said that a fiber repair ship is en route to the site of the break in the cable, and is expected to arrive in five to six days.
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