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EPB of Chattanooga, formerly known as the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, is an American electric power distribution and telecommunication company owned by the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. [2] EPB serves nearly 180,000 homes and businesses in a 600-square mile area in the greater Chattanooga area and Hamilton County. [3]
Dec. 21—Chattanooga's power utility, EPB, has been ranked as the best mid-sized electric utility in the nation, according to consumer surveys of residential electricity customers. J.D. Power, a ...
EPBfi: a branch of EPB, the town electric power utility: 600 square miles, 6 counties around Chattanooga, TN and environs: First gigabit (1000 Mbit/s) provider in North America; offers phone, TV, etc., [11] Fibernet Monticello: Monticello, MN: City network providing residential and business services including TV, phone, and Internet. GigabitNow
EPB will raise its rates for video services in April, adding anywhere from $2 to $9 a month for most of its cable TV plans. The Chattanooga utility, which typically raises its video rates ...
As a result of Corker's vision and EPB's execution, Chattanooga has since been dubbed the "Gig City" [30] and became the most connected city in the Western Hemisphere, [31] offering Internet speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second to every home and business in EPB's 600-square mile service area. [32] He implemented a merit-based bonus system for ...
Josephus Guild, a young engineer from Chattanooga, became interested in a plan drawn by Major Dan C. Kingman, the head of the local office of the Army Corps of Engineers. The plan was originally developed to control the turbulent waters below Chattanooga in the Tennessee River Gorge known as the Suck, the Pot and the Skillet. These river ...
Critics argue that the construction and implementation of broadband service is an inappropriate use of public funds that can be invested elsewhere, and that on some occasions (such as EPB and iProvo), the high cost of maintaining the network is passed onto residents via either taxes or exorbitant rates, for services that may not necessarily ...
Chattanooga launched the first one-gigabit-per-second Internet service in the United States in September 2010, provided through the city-owned utility EPB. [45] In August 2012, Chattanooga developed its own typeface, called Chatype, which marks the first time a municipality has its own typeface in the United States and the first crowd-funded ...