ABOUT
OUR COMPANY
Summary:
Adak
Eagle Enterprises, LLC dba Adak Telephone Utility started in
October 2003. The company is a minority owned company currently
doing business on the island of Adak, Alaska.
Adak Island is part of the Aleutian chain and serves as a
single exchange for
Adak
Island. The company is
headquartered in Anchorage,
Alaska, which is approximately 1,200 miles east of Adak Island.
Adak Island
was used by the
US
military from the 1940’s until it was shut down as part of the base
reassignment and closures in 1996.
While Adak was
under Navy control, all telecommunications were under the Navy’s
control as well. The Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) and
Alaska Public Utilities Commission never certified the area. No
other local exchange carrier provides or ever provided service to
Adak. Two carriers, GCI and AT&T Alascom presently
provide inter-and intra-state telecommunication services on
Adak, via Satellite. Although the facilities originally
were built to serve Navy requirements, both companies continue, and
have committed to continue, long distance service to the island of Adak.
Adak Eagle Enterprises’ provides all of the
telecommunications including IP TV and broadband services on Adak Island.
AEE in November 2006 replaced all copper facilities with Fiber Optic
to the premise, central office.
AT&T Alascom Satellite earth station and GCI’s
satellite earth station provide Satellite delivery of the
telecommunications traffic to Anchorage and is the only active route
off of the Island. On November 11th, 2006 AEE’s new
T-7000 switch replaced the old PBX system the Navy left behind.
Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC now provides
leading edge ISP services to Adak, Alaska the farthest western city in the United
States, and has applied fresh technology to satisfy a rigorous need
for bandwidth management. Due to the remote nature of Adak, which is
located on the far end of the Aleutian Islands,
the only internet uplink available is Satellite. On the Island of Adak, there historically has been an
issue with utility customers sharing resources. AEE implemented a
solution that not only maximizes the available bandwidth on the
Satellite uplink but also limits the ability for customers to share
their connectivity.
