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The US' Fastest Residential Internet Speed Plan – In Chattanooga, Tennessee

posted by janrinok on Saturday August 27 2022, @11:53PM   Printer-friendly

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The Chattanooga telecommunications company EPB is launching the first communitywide 25Gbps internet speed tier in the US.

[...] The 25,000Mbps plan, which features symmetrical download and upload speeds, is five times faster than AT&T's highly touted "hypergig" plan and Ziply Fiber's speediest tier. It's more than four times faster than the Gigabit Pro plan from Xfinity. 

Chattanooga might still be most familiar for some as the city name-checked in the popular 1941 Glenn Miller Orchestra song Chattanooga Choo Choo. But to observers in the tech industry, it's been known as "Gig City" for more than 10 years. It was an early adopter of Gig-speed internet, offering it communitywide back in 2010, and it was the first US city to have a residential, 10 gig plan, back in 2015.  

"We are once again breaking the typical approach for internet service providers by proactively upgrading to the latest technologies in anticipation of future needs," said EPB Board Chair Vicky Gregg in a press release. "Our goal is to enable new frontiers for technical innovation and job creation for our customers to the benefit of our whole community."

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  • (Score: 1) by liquibyte on Sunday August 28 2022, @12:41PM (1 child)

    by liquibyte (5582) on Sunday August 28 2022, @12:41PM (#1268795) Homepage

    Outlier eh? I started at around $50 / mo. That has now crept up to $120 / mo. for no reason that's discernable by me. I don't use their equipment, never have. When they installed the service I specifically just had them run the line and I installed my own.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 01 2022, @03:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 01 2022, @03:52PM (#1269670)

    Prices are creeping up in Australia too. Last time it was a bump of $5. Call it $60 for 25mb (50mb if you can find a deal) depending, unlimited data. Cheaper for other options. They wanted to increase profits so they could privatise and sell the network. Just like Telstra. Look how that turned out. NBN is okay for now. Waiting for the next price rise.