QSH Parent Holdco LLC

The QSH Nome to Homer Express Route, serves dual purposes: 1. It extends the existing network, and completes a ring, connecting previously constructed network Fairbanks to Nome, via Prudhoe Bay, Point Hope, to this project's route from Nome to Homer, and leased facility from Homer to Fairbanks, resulting in a redundant survivable ring connection to various cable systems toward the lower 48; and 2. it provides connectivity along the newly constructed route at Emmonak, Naknek, King Salmon, Igiugig, and Homer. 55% of the project area is measured as unserved. The households below 150% of poverty level (excluding Fairbanks, Kenai Penisula reached by leased network) is 24%. Connecting these communities with a fiber network will enable last mile providers to offer unrestricted connectivity to end users, enabling distance learning, telehealth options and economic development in traditionally remote and isolated areas.