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Verizon Wireless Heads to Alaska, Providers on the Ground Expect AT&T to...
Verizon Wireless is expected to enter the Alaskan mobile market sometime in 2013-2014, according to incumbent competitors, who expect Verizon’s largest impact will be to bleed AT&T of customers....
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Alaskan Wireless Competitors Join Forces to Fend Off Verizon Wireless and AT&T
Ordinarily, General Communication Inc., or GCI, and Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. (ACS) compete with one-another for a share of Alaska’s television, broadband, phone, and wireless...
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Alaska Communications Pounds GCI Cable Over Usage Caps, Overlimit Fees
Alaska Communications has found a marketing angle to combat Alaska’s dominant cable operator — GCI, which has slapped arbitrary usage caps and overlimit fees (up to $30/GB) on its customers. ACS has...
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Three Wireless Competitors in Alaska is ‘Too Many’; Who Will Buyout ACS?
With Verizon Wireless poised to launch 4G LTE service in Alaska for the first time, Alaska Communications (ACS) and AT&T are hurrying wireless broadband expansions to protect their market turf. But...
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Alaska’s GCI Boosts Speeds But Leaves Its Caps and Overlimit Fees Intact
Alaska-based GCI has rolled out a free upgrade for customers in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Mat-Su Valley, and Sitka that delivers broadband speeds up to 250/10Mbps. GCI’s re:D broadband...
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Verizon Wireless Arrives in Alaska; Helps Drive Alaska Communications Out of...
When Verizon Wireless finally fired up its network in Alaska in September of 2014, the writing was on the wall for at least one of Alaska’s homegrown wireless competitors. Faced with competing against...
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Updated: GCI Changes Usage Cap Policies: Automatic Overlimit Fees Replaced...
Alaska’s largest cable company today unveiled changes to its Internet plans, ditching surprise overlimit fees in favor of a speed throttle. GCI has been the subject of bad press in the past, with some...
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