This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,601 people, 48 businesses and three educational facilities in Nome Census Area in Alaska. Interior Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Shaktoolik, St. Michael, Stebbins and Unalakleet Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas and socially vulnerable communities in Nome Census Area.