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, which is part of the Aleutian chain. The company administration office is in Anchorage, Alaska, which is 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 Utilites 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, LLC provides all of the telecommunications including broadband services on Adak Island. Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC in November 2006 replaced all copper facilities with fiber optic from the premises to the central office.
AT&T Alascom satellite earth station and GCI’s satellite earth station provide satellite delivery of the telecommunications traffic to Anchorage and are the only active routes off of the Island. On November 11th, 2006 Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC’s new T-7000 switch replaced the old PBX system the Navy left behind.