EPB Launches 5-Gig Internet at $97.99 on July 1, Cutting 2.5-Gig Price

1 articles · Updated · Chattanooga Times Free Press · Jun 2

EPB said its new 5 gigabit-per-second residential internet tier will go live July 1 at $97.99 a month, with early orders already available by phone.
The Chattanooga utility said it set the price below $100 to widen access to multi-gig service, and used Reddit for its first corporate announcement to give local users an early heads-up.
EPB also cut its existing 2.5-gig plan to $77.99 from $97.99, while keeping other speed tiers unchanged; its 25-gig service still costs $1,500 a month.
The move extends EPB's long-running speed push after launching community-wide gig service in 2011, 10-gig in 2015 and 25-gig in 2022; the city-owned utility says it holds about 70% of the local internet market.

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