Chattanooga's Super Fast Publicly own, fast speed internets

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Yeah, a few smaller areas in the state have that sort of thing (along with cable packages). A few towns near my area made the switch several years ago (decent quality, prices, etc.).
 

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Chattanooga's super-fast, publicly-owned Internet - May. 20, 2014

Chattanooga, Tenn., may not be the first place that springs to mind when it comes to cutting-edge technology. But thanks to its ultra-high-speed Internet, the city has established itself as a center for innovation -- and an encouraging example for those frustrated with slow speeds and high costs from private broadband providers.
Chattanooga rolled out a fiber-optic network a few years ago that now offers speeds of up to 1000 Megabits per second, or 1 gigabit, for just $70 a month. A cheaper 100 Megabit plan costs $58 per month. Even the slower plan is still light-years ahead of the average U.S. connection speed, which stood at 9.8 megabits per second as of late last year, according to Akamai Technologies.

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Moved from Chattanooga 3 and a half years ago. EPB's fiber network had just begun service in my neighborhood too. :why:

I'm still salty!!!!!

Man the hating by comcast, AT&T was REALLY bad when they were trying to start it up back in 2006 when I was there. Filing injunctions and shyt and the funniest part was, peep this, they claimed that EPB (the power company there) had an UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. :laff:

The injunction got overturned in 2008. Damn I wish I was still there to get those speeds. :to:
 

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Moved from Chattanooga 3 and a half years ago. EPB's fiber network had just begun service in my neighborhood too. :why:

I'm still salty!!!!!

Man the hating by comcast, AT&T was REALLY bad when they were trying to start it up back in 2006 when I was there. Filing injunctions and shyt and the funniest part was, peep this, they claimed that EPB (the power company there) had an UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. :laff:

The injunction got overturned in 2008. Damn I wish I was still there to get those speeds. :to:


Yeah, was in school there when they overturned it, but me and the roommates decided not to get it since we were using the university wifi anyway. :to:
 
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