Utility provider to bring high-speed internet to 7 villages

In this file photo taken April 2, 2016, Juneauites crowd the GCI store near Juneau International Airport for the launch of GCI's gigabit internet service.

In this file photo taken April 2, 2016, Juneauites crowd the GCI store near Juneau International Airport for the launch of GCI's gigabit internet service.

FAIRBANKS — High-speed internet is coming to seven Alaska villages next year.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports phone, wireless and cable provider GCI announced new towers are close to being finished as part of a project that currently serves 40,000 residents.

The company expects to offer high-speed internet in the Buckland, Selawik, Noorvik, St. Michael, Golovin, Elim and Koyuk villages by 2017.

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