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Space Age Satcoms Link World to Alaska
Two RCA Americom satellites beam television and 24,000 telephone circuits to remote Alaska villages. Diomede Island residents enjoy direct calls for 35 dollars a month, paid in walrus ivory, with public phones becoming village social hubs. Satellite offices aid oil pipeline and North Slope drilling crews.
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