Editing GCI Communication (section)

===Internet===
GCI provides access to the Internet via multiple means. As of January 2015, GCI provides cable modem services in major cities in Alaska with download speeds up to 250 megabits per second or Mbps (re:D Plan). In mid 2015 GCI will be deploying its fiber re:D<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gci.com/internet/fibered|title=fiber re:D – GCI}}</ref> network in the Anchorage area first, with download speeds up to 1 gigabit per second(1,000&nbsp;Mbit/s). To start that campaign, GCI has increased its highest home internet plan (re:D) from 50MMbps to 100&nbsp;Mbit/s and then to 250&nbsp;Mbit/s for free in all available areas that has access to the re:D plan. The re:D plan is currently to this date $174.99 and when the re:D 1&nbsp;Gbit/s Fiber network launches, the price will remain the same. In the rural cities of Nome, Cordova, Bethel, and [[Utqiaġvik]], GCI provides high-speed cable modem services but uses a satellite for the backhaul connection, as the cost to lay cable to these remote areas is prohibitively expensive.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://portal.gci.net/support/kb/kb83/ |title=GCI}}</ref> In some rural communities where GCI does not have a cable TV infrastructure, it provides lower-bandwidth (56-512&nbsp;kbit/s) wireless Internet access over a satellite backhaul.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gci.com/forhome/internet/wireless/wirelessnet.htm |title=GCI WirelessNet - Rural Alaska's Internet Solution |access-date=January 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208222346/http://www.gci.com/forhome/internet/wireless/wirelessnet.htm |archive-date=February 8, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Through its own facilities and agreements with other providers, primarily [[Alaska Communications Systems]], GCI provides data network and Internet connections via GPON [[DSL]], PRI leased lines (such as a T1), and other high-bandwidth business-class products. These services are aimed at the business market.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gci.com/forbusiness/internet/index.htm |title=Index |access-date=January 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106074658/http://www.gci.com/forbusiness/internet/index.htm |archive-date=January 6, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The state government is a major customer of GCI, using GCI's infrastructure to provide the backbone for the state's [[wide area network]].

GCI maintains local access numbers throughout the state for analog dial-up service. GCI however no longer offers dial up service to customer accounts, but will continue to support customers who are grandfathered into the service.

GCI also owns [[Alaska United]] fiber optic cable system, which connects Anchorage and Fairbanks with Internet [[Point of Presence|points of presence]] in Seattle and Portland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alaskaunited.com | title=Alaska United &#124; GCI's Alaska United Fiber Optic Cable System}}</ref> GCI leases capacity on their system to other Internet providers in Alaska, including [[Clearwire]] wireless broadband.