EPB Fiber Optics is offering what it believes to be the only 1 Gigabit broadband service in the United States for residential and business customers.
EPB is Chattanooga’s municipally owned fiber-to-the-premises network, based on GPON equipment from Alcatel-Lucent.
The service is now available, the organization said, serving more than 100,000 homes and businesses in metropolitan Chattanooga and surrounding rural areas.
“Chattanooga is light years ahead when it comes to providing ultra-fast broadband,” said Tom Edd Wilson, president and CEO of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. “By offering the fastest available speeds to a whole community comprising a diverse population living in both urban and rural areas, Chattanooga has become the living laboratory for today’s innovations and tomorrow’s companies.”