EPB Archives - Broadband Communities

Shortlist revealed ahead of 2026 Broadband Communities Awards

by Brad Randall | Jul 8, 2026

Awards The shortlist of finalists across more than a dozen categories for the 2026 Broadband...

EPB Fiber Optics Marks 100,000+ Customers

by Brad Randall | Oct 22, 2018

CHATTANOOGA, TN — About 9 years after bringing fiber internet service to its first residential customers in September 2009, EPB Fiber Optics, a municipally-owned utility that provides electric power and fiber optic...

Chattanooga Doctor Becomes World’s First 10 Gig Residential Customer

by JaimieF | Oct 26, 2015

CHATTANOOGA, TN — Thanks to EPB’s new 10 Gbps residential service, Dr. Jim Busch, a radiologist and entrepreneur in Chattanooga, has become the first person in the world to have a 10 Gbps residential Internet connection...

EPB Petitions FCC to Enable Local Broadband Choice

by JaimieF | Jul 24, 2014

CHATTANOOGA, TN — EPB, a non-profit electrical provider, announced that it has filed a petition to the FCC in an effort to respond to neighboring communities’ requests for access to the company’s gigabit-enabled high-speed...

Chattanooga Upgrades all Residential and Business Service Speeds

by JaimieF | Sep 17, 2013

CHATTANOOGA, TN â€“The City of Chattanooga, the first American city to have a community-wide â€œGigâ€ fiber network offering up to 1 Gbps Internet service, announced that municipal utility EPB will increase all residential and...