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GCI Builds a Second Fiber Connecting Alaska and the Lower 48.

Shawn Fitzpatrick, Senior Engineer and Manager of the Transport Engineering department of the Alaskan owned and operated General Communication Inc. (GCI) stands next to a partially assembled sub-sea optical repeater. (manufactured by NEC Japan) Twenty seven identical repeaters will be connected via specially designed optical fiber and will ultimately connect Seward Alaska to Warrenton Oregon. Additional terrestrial SONET and SDH networks will mesh the existing GCI sub-sea network to provide a reliability that Alaska has only dreamed of. This cable system (Alaska United West or AU-West) will be the second system that the owner/operator GCI has installed in the past 5 years. Alaska has only been connected via fiber to the lower 48 for a little over 10 years. NPC, Alaska's first long-haul fiber optic system was installed with a whopping (9) nine DS-3s of capacity. That's the equivalent of 6048 simultaneous phone calls......over 12 million short of the design capacity of the new AU-West system. At 960 gigabits per second.....it will be the highest capacity system Alaska has ever seen. (12/21/2003) Read More...

GCI ANNOUNCES SERVICE CONTRACT WITH STATE OF ALASKA

ANCHORAGE, AK -- GCI (NASDAQ:GNCMA) today announced that it has been awarded an agreement with the State of Alaska to provide a variety of telecommunication services for the next 18 months. Services include: long-distance, IP Telephony, voice and data network management and maintenance, Internet, audio and video conferencing and Help Desk. The total value of services is approximately $10 million. Read More..

ALASKA SUPREME COURT REMANDS LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPETITION DECISION TO RCA

ANCHORAGE, AK -- Today, the Alaska Supreme Court issued a decision that requires the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) to reexamine its order that allows full local telephone competition in Fairbanks and Juneau. The Court found that the RCA erred in allocating the burden of proof to ACS and leaves it to the RCA's discretion whether to continue the status quo and whether additional evidentiary hearings are necessary to evaluate the propriety of the rural exemption. Read More..

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" Ladies and gentlemen, we got him," US administrator Paul Bremer told journalists in Baghdad, to loud cheers from Iraqis in the audience. Saddam Hussein was found in a tiny cellar at a farmhouse about 15km (10 miles) south of his hometown Tikrit. British Prime Minister Tony Blair has welcomed the news, saying it "removes the shadow" hanging over Iraq. Saddam Hussein, 66, was the most wanted man on the list issued by US authorities but had not been seen since Baghdad fell to US forces in April.

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US chief administrator in Iraq Watch the statement Video footage released by the US military showed a dishevelled-looking Saddam with a long black and grey beard in custody receiving a medical check-up.

A US military spokesman, Major-General Raymond Odierno, said the operation - involving various combined US units - was launched within 24 hours of receiving a tip-off from a member of Saddam Hussein's clan.

"Over the last 10 days we brought in about five to 10 members of these families, and finally got the ultimate information from one of these individuals", he said. More...

On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, the U.S. is attacked by terroristsin New York City and Washington, and the world changes forever.

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Sept. 11 : Hijacked jetliners hit the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon outside Washington. A fourth hijacked plane crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Trading on Wall Street is stopped. The Federal Aviation Administration halts all flight operations at the nation's airports for the first time in U.S. history. U.S. military is placed on high alert. President Bush addresses the nation and vows to "find those responsible and bring them to justice." Hundreds of New York City firemen and policemen sent to rescue WTC workers are lost when the WTC Twin Towers collapse. Reaction from international leaders is swift as world leaders react with outrage over the attacks.

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