In Tennessee, four bills seek to reverse restrictions on public broadband

Re:In Tennessee, four bills seek to reverse restrictions on ... by jofer on Friday March 07, 2014 @01:52PM (#7361968)

On a related note: Chattanooga's local electric cooperative is deploying fiber throughout the city. They currently offer gigabit speeds for ~$70/mo. Have a look at: http://chattanoogagig.com/

It's (EPB) community owned, as I understand it. I assume these bills are at least vaguely related to this, but I'm not quite sure how...

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Re:In Tennessee, four bills seek to reverse restrictions on ... by theandrewbailey on Friday March 07, 2014 @02:08PM (#7362077)

I recall that they used to offer slower speeds for more, but they decided to be like Google when Google moved into Kansas City.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/125831

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Re:In Tennessee, four bills seek to reverse restrictions on ... by btrautsc on Friday March 07, 2014 @03:07PM (#7362432)

This is true. I actually had the opportunity to sit in many meetings with EPB "officials" as the pricing aspects were discussed.

It was fascinating - but ultimately they threw a dart on a high price, IMO, basically out of fear of the unknown. Once Google Fiber announced prices, EPB had a lot of data and got a lot of pressure from the local startup community/ general population to bring prices in line. Luckily, they listened.

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Re:In Tennessee, four bills seek to reverse restrictions on ... by chrisgd on Friday March 07, 2014 @02:16PM (#7362132)

Google is considering Nashville for Google Fiber, I think these are all to just clear the way for that.

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Re:In Tennessee, four bills seek to reverse restrictions on ... by jebblue on Friday March 07, 2014 @05:17PM (#7363110)

Google is considering Austin too but we hear nothing about Round Rock next door. Is it because Austin is a liberal enclave?

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Re:In Tennessee, four bills seek to reverse restrictions on ... by seanmcdirmid on Friday March 07, 2014 @11:47PM (#7364276)

Round rock is quite suburban. Fiber scales better in more urban areas, which also happen to be liberal enclaves. Maybe DELL would take up your cause?

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Re:In Tennessee, four bills seek to reverse restrictions on ... by jebblue on Saturday March 08, 2014 @01:54PM (#7365956)

Yeah, makes sense, TWC has improved their high speed offering, guess that will need to hold us for now.

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