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The nation's fastest communitywide internet? New 25-gig service launches at $1,500 per month

Saleen Martin, USA TODAY
Sat, September 3, 2022, 7:50 AM·5 min read

​​It's a bird. It's a plane. It's the nation's fastest communitywide internet service, and it's making its way to a Tennessee city and convention center.

EPB, an internet, TV, phone and energy company in Chattanooga, has launched a communitywide, 25-gigabits-per-second internet service. The service will be available to all residential and commercial customers in the area and is operated by a 100% fiber optic network, EPB said in a news release on Aug. 24.

"What we have done is basically laid a community-wide fiber to the home and fiber to the business network, so every premise, home and business has fiber going directly to the facility or the home," said J.Ed. Marston, the company's vice president of strategic communications.

The move comes after EPB first launched its gig-speed internet service in 2010 and then its 10-gig internet service in 2015.

The latest service to launch covers a 600-square mile service area, he said.

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Prices start above $1,000 per month for residents

EPB said it'll charge $1,500 per month for residential 25 gig internet service and $12,500 per month for commercial service.

"While 25-gig is available to every business and residential customer in our 600-mile area, it is best utilized today in commercial applications with very high bandwidth needs (hundreds or thousands of simultaneously streaming devices)," wrote EPB public relations specialist Sophie Moore in an email.

The company expects the price to decrease as the rest of the market catches up, she said.

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EPB of Chattanooga Field Services Technician J.T. Shankles installs the Nokia 25G PON Optical Network Termination (ONT).
EPB of Chattanooga Field Services Technician J.T. Shankles installs the Nokia 25G PON Optical Network Termination (ONT).

What does 25-gig internet mean for the user?

The first site to have 25-gig service as part of a communitywide network is the Chattanooga Convention Center, EPB announced. It will allow thousands of visitors to connect electronics during events like business conferences, e-gaming competitions and livestreaming events.


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