Alaska Communications Systems is one of the two major corporations which provide communications services to Alaska. Its services include: A corporation is a legal entity (distinct from a natural person) that often has similar rights in law to those of a Civil law systems may refer to corporations as moral persons; they may also go by the name AS (anonymous society) or something similar, depending on language (see below). ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Official languages English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Senators Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 1st 663,267 mi² / 1,717,854 km² 13. ...

• Cellular phone services
• DSL and dial-up internet access
• Wireless broadband internet access
• Email service
• Local and long-distance telephone service
• Satellite television
• Web and phone conferencing

Mobile phones from various years A mobile phone, also known as a cellular, cell, mobile, or hand phone, is an electronic telecommunications device with the same basic capability as a conventional fixed line telephone, but which is also entirely portable and is not required to be connected with a wire... A typical DSL Modem Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL, is a family of technologies that provide digital data transmission over the wires used in the last mile of a local telephone network. ... Dial-up access is an inexpensive but slow form of Internet access in which the client uses a modem to dial the Internet service providers (ISP) node, a dial-up server type such as the Point-to-Point Protocol and TCP/IP protocols to establish a modem-to-modem... The notebook is connected to the wireless access point using a PCMCIA wireless card. ... E-mail, or email, is short for electronic mail and is a method of composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. ... In telecommunication, the term local call has the following meanings: Any call using a single switching facility. ... Long distance in telecommunications, refers to telephone calls made outside a certain area, usually characterized by an area code outside of a local call area. ... The telephone or phone (Greek: tele = far away and phone = voice) is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly voice and speech) across distance. ... Artists impression of a Boeing 601 satellite, as configured for digital television transmission by SES Astra Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... Web conferencing is used to hold group meetings or live presentations over the Internet. ... A conference call is a telephone call where the calling party wants to have more than one called party listen in to the audio portion of the call. ...

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