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Alaska wired! We're the most wired state in the nation. Even rural Alaska is jumping onboard.

Alaska Business Monthly

| June 01, 2004 | Stewart, Regan | COPYRIGHT 2004 Alaska Business Publishing Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Though the least populous, most remote state in the country, Alaska is also considered the most wired, ranking No. 1 for home computer penetration and Internet access. A whopping 83.7 percent of Alaska homes are plugged in. It is estimated that Alaskans sign up for high speed service three times more than the national average. According to Alaska's top telecommunications providers, by the end of 2004, 99.5 percent of the state will have local Internet access, including most rural villages.

After Alaska, in terms of percentage of the population with Internet access, is Colorado at 47 percent, followed by Maryland and Utah, each with 46 percent. Mississippi is ...

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