Alaska and West Virginia Left Behind in Race for Global Competitiveness

Headline: The Fiber Broadband Association today released a new paper detailing the progress of fiber-to-the-home deployments by state.
Article: The paper reveals that Rhode Island and North Dakota lead the nation in Fiber-To-The-Home availability per capita, at 83.2% and 81.9% respectively. Given the extreme climate and challenging diverse topology, Alaska ranks 50^th as its FTTH availability has only improved from 3.2% in 2013 to 13.0% in 2024. FBA will hold its next Regional Fiber Connect workshop in Anchorage on July 17^th in an effort to place a national focus on accelerating fiber deployment in Alaska. The state will also be featured on the next Fiber for Breakfast episode, on May 14, to highlight a powerful collaboration between Old Harbor Native Corporation and Alaska Communications—and funded by a Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program Round 2 grant from the NTIA—that will deploy 155 miles of subsea fiber and an extensive last-mile network to bridge the digital divide and support education, healthcare, economic growth, and cultural preservation for generations to come.
Date: May 8, 2025
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