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Critical infrastructure safeguards our way of life – it enables economic growth, communication, health, longevity, and public safety. There are many types of infrastructure that are vital to how we live. From the roads we drive on to the facilities and equipment that provide us with basic utilities, the lack of, or destruction of this…

Fiber optics is the gold standard of connectivity, but not all fiber optic cables are created the same. And in a region as essential to national security and global connectivity as the North American Arctic, only the most resilient fiber optic cable system will do. This has been Quintillion’s mission from the start. Quintillion has…

At face value, Quintillion is a wholesale broadband provider based in Anchorage, Alaska. It supplies a fast, secure, and reliable internet connection that links America’s northernmost state to the rest of the world. However, the truth is so much more than that. Quintillion is the first and only telecom company to build a fiber-optic cable…

Quintillion’s fiber-optic cable network currently extends 1,200 miles under the sea and 500 miles over land. It’s the first and only system of its kind in Alaska and its world-class infrastructure can deliver sub-gigabit, gigabit, and terabit bandwidth services. The cable itself is buried up to twelve feet below the seabed and there are six…

In the past five years, Quintillion has achieved many monumental accomplishments. From building the North American Arctic’s first subsea and terrestrial fiber optic cable system to launching the highest-latitude satellite ground station in the United States, Quintillion has proudly strategized, developed, constructed, and launched several major projects that have made a significant impact on the…

The COVID-19 pandemic put a major strain on schools, students, and parents as remote-learning temporarily replaced traditional schooling. For many Alaskan schools, this rapid shift posed a significant problem. Many communities in Alaska lack access to affordable, reliable broadband, and educators struggled to find solutions to continue providing lessons when students didn’t have access to…

Telecommunications plays a major role in the modern world. Individuals, businesses, and large agencies all rely on telecom services to connect and communicate with each other and the digital world. Many people use the internet and other telecommunication services daily, but how these technologies work can seem like a mystery if you aren’t fully immersed…

When we look at the state of global connectivity, the North American Arctic is one of the most disconnected human-inhabited locations in the world. While there are hundreds of subsea cables in service across the globe, bordering coasts and crossing oceans, the North American Arctic leaves a large gap, that so far, only Quintillion has…

Many Alaskans know that Quintillion has built a fiber optic cable system in the northern region of Alaska, but there is still much confusion on how this network fits into the big picture of bringing broadband to the Alaska Arctic. Quintillion doesn’t actually sell or provide internet services to consumers – so what does our…

In a world that is becoming increasingly more digital, enabling broadband connectivity for all Americans has become more crucial than ever before. The internet is no longer a way for people to merely enjoy online entertainment. For many Americans, the internet has become a staple in how they do life. Many people work, receive care,…