2020 | Free Internet to Students and Teachers during COVID

2020 | Free Internet to Students and Teachers during COVID

When schools closed during the COVID shelter-in-place orders in Unalaska, OptimERA responded by providing all teachers and students (including remote college students) free access to the internet. We gave 50% more usage to all customers to help keep people connected....
2020 | OCCP Heat Study

2020 | OCCP Heat Study

OCCP LLC, a company speculating at developing a geothermal resource near the City of Unalaska, hired OptimERA in 2019 to do a heat study for the community. OptimERA employed the help of local companies and residents to complete the study. Being resourceful is key to...
2020 | Subsea Fiber Study

2020 | Subsea Fiber Study

During the second a round of the USDA’s Reconnect program we looked at running a subsea Fiber cable to accomplish roughly the same project as our initial project but would circumvent the wilderness area that could not be built on. After completing a table top study we...
2019 | ChainLINK Microwave

2019 | ChainLINK Microwave

During the USDA Reconnect round one in the summer of 2019, we took the opportunity to try our hand at building a concept we had been considering for years: using a novel design approach, taking in lessons learned from Sedanka and a patent we had filed on a concept...
2017 | Hotspot in Akutan and Port Moller

2017 | Hotspot in Akutan and Port Moller

In late 2017, we installed 2 remote sites. One in Akutan and one in Port Moller, Alaska. Each site was outfitted with a 3.8m C-Band antenna and a local Wi-Fi distribution network connected to the OptimERA-Hotspot. Port Moller is a small, seasonal fish camp on the...