General Communication Inc. “stands ready” to ensure voice...
General Communication Inc. “stands ready” to ensure voice and broadband service continue to exist if Adak Eagle Enterprises (AEE) and Windy City Cellular go under, GCI told the FCC Friday (http://bit.ly/ZiMB8Z). AEE and subsidiary Windy City have been seeking waivers…
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of some USF reforms, without which the companies say they may cease providing service on the Alaskan island. “If AEE ceases providing broadband service as a result of the Commission denying AEE’s petition for waiver, GCI will provide broadband through a wireless broadband service similar to that it offers in Dutch Harbor,” the telco said: GCI can afford to provide service not because of “phantom customers” -- as it said AEE has claimed. GCI provides service on Adak within the FCC’s $3,000 per line annual high cost support “by providing service efficiently and by spreading common costs across all its Alaska operations,” the telco said.