MTA News & Alerts

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Fire Updates Within MTA Service Area

August 20th, 2019

MTA crew members are working hard to ensure connectivity in the Willow area impacted by fires. Ensuring the safety and connectivity of our members is very important to MTA. If you are in an area impacted by the recent fires and need to make account or payment arrangements, please contact us. We are committed to helping our members during this difficult time. Stay safe. This page will be update....

Alaska Technology Leader MTA Announces New 6,000-sq. ft Location In Wasilla, Continuing Expansion

July 16th, 2019

Palmer, Alaska – July 16, 2019 – MTA, Alaska’s best choice for technology and communications products, announced today that it will open a 6,000-sq. ft location in the Shoppes at Sun Mountain, the brand new, premier shopping destination in Wasilla, Alaska. MTA will become the preferred technology provider of the Shoppes, powering the entire complex with high-speed Wi-Fi access....

Strengthening Community Investment By Investing In Eagle River, One Slippery Salmon at a Time

July 12th, 2019

It’s the talk of the town, an event unmatched in scale – the Slippery Salmon Olympics, held annually at the Chugiak-Eagle River Chamber of Commerce’s Bear Paw Festival, draws a significant crowd. And rightfully so – it takes a lot of skills to navigate an obstacle course, let alone while carrying a dinner tray, an empty can and a slippery salmon....

Cool Job Alert: Esports Coordinator

June 18th, 2019

Over the last several years, Alaska has become an emerging hub for esports, even making it into the local school curriculum and extracurricular team activities at more than two dozen high schools throughout the state. MTA has played a major proactive role in this rise, with our eUnlimited™ Gaming Tournament having grown into a fixture in Southeastern Alaska. We’ve encouraged the growth of esports....

Why MTA Is Helping Our Members Cut The Cord

May 16th, 2019

The way we watch TV is changing, and more and more people are ditching cable TV in favor of the increasing number of streaming services available at their fingertips. This cord-cutting is nothing new, but the trends we’ve seen have been ticking up faster and faster, indicating a major shift: Over the last eight years, cord-cutting in the U.S. has increased by 48 percent....

“One Ring” Scam Robocalls

May 3rd, 2019

The Federal Communications Commission is alerting consumers to reported waves of “One Ring” or “Wangiri” scam robocalls targeting specific area codes in bursts, often calling multiple times in the middle of the night. These calls are likely trying to prompt consumers to call the number back, often resulting in per minute toll charges similar to a 900 number. Consumers should not call these....

MTA Fiber Holdings, LLC, to Build First All-Terrestrial Fiber Line to Connect Alaska with Contiguous U.S. and Beyond

May 1st, 2019

Palmer, Alaska – May 1, 2019 – MTA Fiber Holdings, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MTA, Alaska’s best choice for technology and communications products, announced today that it plans to build AlCan ONE (Alaska Canada Overland Network), the first and only all-terrestrial fiber network connecting Alaska to the contiguous United States and beyond....

MTA Wins Best in Class Marketing Award for eUnlimited™ Gaming Series

April 10th, 2019

Palmer, Alaska – April 10, 2019 – MTA, Alaska’s best choice for technology and communications products, announced today it is the recipient of a 2019 Best in Class Provider Award from the Broadband Multimedia Marketing Association (BMMA) for its marketing efforts around MTA’s eUnlimited™ Gaming Series, which includes an annual gaming tournament....

MTA Headquarters Receives Green Star® Award for Environmentally-Friendly Achievements

February 26th, 2019

Palmer, Alaska – February 26, 2019 – MTA, Alaska’s premier technology company, announced that its Palmer-based headquarters is the recipient of a Green Star® award from the Alaska Forum on the Environment, highlighting the company’s active leadership in and longstanding commitment to waste reduction, energy conservation and pollution prevention within the workplace....

Cross Talk

February 8th, 2019

Crosstalk: MTA customers have recently experienced calls not being completed correctly. In some cases, they are connecting to a call that is not the person they are calling and they are overhearing another conversation, which is called cross-talk. Our network partner has identified the problem and is working to correct this serious issue. Until the issue is resolved completely,...

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