TN: Chattanooga’s Electric Power Board Investing in FTTH

Posted on August 23, 2007 - 6:58am.

From

DSL Reports, August 18, 2007

The Chattanooga Electric Power Board could pose a threat to AT&T’s growing network in Tennessee. The EPB is launching an FTTH initiative with a price tag of $200 million, expanding their Internet and telephone services and breaking into the cable industry. The process incorporates citizen input along the way. It’s expected to take some time to implement it and will need to go through several more stages of approval including to the state controller’s office and the City Council. If all goes well, EPB hopes to begin service to its first customers in about a year.

More information can be obtained from the EPB news release and the EPB website.

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