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Quintillion: The Anchorage telecom has completed its Arctic fiber network around the coast of Alaska and turned on its high-speed service Dec. 1.

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2017

In the meantime, Quintillion is offsetting some of its costs by joining forces with local telecom companies along its path to sell the internet service directly to customers.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2017

The new connection is part of an ambitious effort by Quintillion, a 5-year-old company based in Anchorage, to take advantage of the melting sea ice to build a faster digital link between London and Tokyo.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2017

Quintillion is one of the companies laying the new cable, and Point Hope is one of the places along its route.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2017

Quintillion, kwin-til′yun, n. the fifth power of a million, or a unit followed by thirty ciphers: generally, in U.S., the sixth power of one thousand, or a unit followed by eighteen ciphers.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various