The ten-gigabit fiber internet which is said to be faster than Google Fiber will be provided by Chattanooga Electric Power Board, the city-owned power utility.
Businesses and residents of Chattanooga, Tennessee are up for new 'internet' grabs as their own power utility company is offering them a 10-gigabit connection which is 1,000 times faster than the average US connection for $300 a month. They will also offer packages of three and give gigabit connection, additional to its current one-gigabit package.
Being one of the first cities to offer internet services to its constituents, commercial providers naturally hate these types of government initiatives. It started offering gigabit-speed services for its citizens in 2008, before Google Fiber was introduced to Kansas City. Some commercial providers even fought to pass bills that will prohibit some states to provide such services.
While Google Fiber is in talks to bring its high-speed internet services to Irvine, California; Louisville, Kentucky; and San Diego and still considering bringing the its service to Portland, Oregon; Phoenix; and San Jose, California, Chattanooga is just chilling with their new internet connection that is faster than the giant tech's service.
Comcast announced early this year that it will offer a two-gigabit internet service for $300 in Chattanooga. With the ten-gigabit coming right in the corners of Chattanooga, huge institutions such as schools and large organizations are most likely to take advantage of the service. Moreover, it is a plight in order not to be outdone by commercial companies such as Comcast.
The sudden surge of high-speed internet services will set standards nationwide which will force commercial providers to come up with affordable services and better internet speed. Citizens of other towns, cities and states will also be looking forward to their own government structures to come up with such services, if the commercial companies cannot provide.
Do you think that other towns and cities should be considering offering high-speed internet to their citizens, too? Will Chattanooga be successful for their business plight?
