Municipally-owned broadband networks suffered a blow yesterday when a federal appeals court struck down an order adopted by the FCC that reduced state-level restrictions against such networks. In the 25-page appeals court municipal broadband decision, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court…
City officials have recommended construction of a San Francisco municipal broadband network based on a public-private partnership. The recommendations came in a 103-page report issued by the office of Supervisor Mark Farrell on March 15. According to the San Francisco…
Chattanooga, TN (January 12, 2016) – Chattanooga’s Smart Grid, operated by EPB, has become the first major power distribution system to earn Performance Excellence in Electricity Renewal (PEER) certification. Owned and administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), PEER is…
October 23, 2015 — CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dr. Jim Busch, a radiologist and entrepreneur in Chattanooga, has become the first person in the world to have a 10 gigabit-per-second (10 Gig) residential Internet connection installed in his home. Dr. Busch, who…
EPB, the Chattanooga utility company that was the first U.S. service provider to do a community-wide gigabit deployment, can now claim another first. The company has made 10 gigabit service available to businesses and residences throughout its footprint. In a…
Despite all the gigabit announcements we’ve seen over the last couple of years, the number of major cities where gigabit service already has been deployed to any major extent is still quite small. A July report from the Benton Foundation…
EPB, the first U.S. company to broadly deploy gigabit service residentially, has put any plans to expand service outside its electric utility service territory on hold, said Danna Bailey, EPB vice president of corporate communications, at a press event at…
Municipal broadband network operators in Tennessee and North Carolina could expand beyond their current service territories as the result of an order proposed by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. If adopted later this month as expected, the order could pave the…
Communities that have had wide availability of gigabit service since 2011 or earlier have a one percent higher gross domestic product (GDP) than similar size communities that have little or no gigabit service available, according to a report from consulting…
RUSSELLVILLE, KY – September 15, 2014 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that EPB SmartNet, Russellville’s municipally owned fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network, has deployed the Calix E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) and 700GE family of optical network terminals (ONTs)…
RUSSELLVILLE, KY (August 8-27-14) EPB smartnet, Russellville’s municipally-owned fiber-to-the-premises network announced at yesterday’s 11th Annual Kentucky Cable and Telecommunications Conference in Lexington, KY that the first 1 Gigabit broadband service in Kentucky will now be available for both residential and…
RUSSELLVILLE, KY (January 1-2-14) EPB SmartNet, Russellville’s municipally-owned fiber-to-the-premises network today announced that Russellville KY is offering the fastest data speeds in the commonwealth as recognized by Net Index. Net Index is the global leader in broadband testing and web-based…
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