Hell, Anchorage, the biggest and supposedly most sophisticated community in the state, suffers from severe broadband deficit.  ACS simply abandoned huge swaths of its home internet customers years ago--they still receive their pathetic 300-kbps over copper phone lines.  Last time I asked, a few years ago, they had no plans to upgrade (and upon checking, I find that's still the case).  For some, Borealis offers a high-speed option, but you have to be within line-of-sight of one of their towers, which most residential users aren't.  That leaves GCI, which can via cable deliver 10mbps to your home.  But if they have to install cable it'll cost you.  And, frankly, GCI is a crappy service company.  If you have problems, they don't want to hear about them.