Serving many settlements in South Central Alaska, Matanuska Telephone Association (MTA) is a long-distance phone and broadband Internet service cooperative MTA was founded in 1953 and has been instrumental in bringing modern ideas to Alaska's remote areas. MTA provides fiber optic internet connection to the residents of Palmer, Wasilla Chugiak, Big Lake, Houston, Willow, and other places such as Talkeetna, Trapper Creek, and many others. MTA utilizing fiber optics offers high-speed and reliable connectivity with the option to have up to 1Gig. This allows residential consumers to stream high-definition video without buffering, to download files in large quantities in the shortest time, do home office work among others. In addition to the households, MTA enables internet connection for local businesses, libraries, schools, and government entities that require business fiber connections. They also make available hotspots to connect Wifi in public places including parks, General Stores, and community centers for residents and visitors with free Wifi. MTA has been an effective telecom provider catering to the connectivity solutions of Alaskans for 67 years; it uses advanced technologies to interconnect the various communities of the Matanuska and Susitna Valley.