Residents in the Bethel and Kusilvak census areas in southwestern Alaska pay up to $315 per month for internet through United Utilities United, and the service comes with a 100 gigabyte data cap, with overage charges of $8 per gig.
That $315 a month nets residents around 10 megabit download speeds and 2 megabit upload speeds, well short of the Federal Communications Commission’s 25/3 service requirement.
(This story was originally published on April 4, 2022, by Tribal Business News. It is republ...