...because it provides vital information about earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The Department of Interior provides free Internet connections to the 229 federally recognized tribes in Alaska, and all those systems are down too, said Cam Toohey...

...dot-coms that investors embraced. Early successes included online retailer eToys, ad-driven search engine Overture and free Internet service provider NetZero. Many Idealab-backed startups, including online beauty site Eve.com and online retailer...

...a year to connect public schools to the Internet. But when the school closes for the day, so does the option for free Internet access. According to a study by the Denali Commission last year, 164 villages cannot reach the Internet through local...

...of the library has increased, particularly as school librarians have been cut. A lot of tourists take advantage of free Internet and wireless access during the summer months and home-schoolers take advantage of library, as well. "There's...