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Craig Medred: The Final Frontier

Billions for old when new appears cheaper

Residents of remote villages in rural Alaska are singing the praises of Starlink – a SpaceX satellite array that beams the internet to anywhere on the planet – and yet the U.S. government is preparing to spend billions of dollars to bring similar broadband service to remote areas of the state.

In Koyuk, a village of 330 on the north edge of Norton Bay in Western Alaska, Charles Swanson is left scratching his head at this expenditure coming on the heels of $3 billion already poured into a government-funded broadband project.

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