Cooper Landing and Moose Pass have been without internet and telephone service since Friday due to damaged lines near Moose Pass.
Trees fell on Chugach Electric power lines early Friday morning, triggering power outages.
Those lines were later fixed, but there are still damages to adjacent TelAlaska lines, which provide local phone service and internet to both communities. TelAlaska had to wait for Chugach Electric to fix its lines before starting on its own repairs, said TelAlaska Marketing Manager Celine Kaplan.
Weather conditions have made it even harder for TelAlaska to get to its lines. The company predicted Sunday that it might have service up and running by Monday night, but additional outages and snow Monday afternoon further delayed repairs.
TelAlaska’s wires are also used by carriers like GCI and AT&T, who provide long-distance calling capabilities. With damage to the fibers, those carriers are also out of service in the area.
Seward is unaffected by these outages, since the fiber line that connects Seward to power runs below ground.
TelAlaska is posting updates about the outages on its Facebook page.
