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EPB costs five times as much as Google fiber, and you're forced to pay most of that cost whether you want the service or not.

It seems you're talking about EPB, not EPBFI. The electric portion is indeed much more expensive than Google Fiber, though the raw KWH rate is within the norms for the country, but yes, electric service costs more than internet service in most places.

This is not news. People use electricity, and it's rarely free.

Most of the cost of EPB is funded by federal tax dollars - residents of California being forced to pay the bill for Chattanooga's internet service.

Nope. You can read their financial statements right there.

You may be thinking of the 100 million or so grant that EPB got for its Smart Grid, but that was only a portion of the Federal Stimulus dollars, so why shouldn't any of the people in Tennessee get some? They too pay their taxes. The government exists to serve them too.

The next largest source of funding is from residents' electric bills.

You mean an electric company gets funding from electric bills? My word, what a shock. What a shock.

Of course, as their financial reports show, they're still operating their fiber service profitably on its own. Sorry.

Again, you pay for it whether you want the internet service or not. About 20% of the cost is covered by the $70 / month that internet customers pay.

In total, the cost is $350 / month per customer - five times as much as Google fiber, and people who don't even get the service still have to pay for it.

Nope. You're just making up numbers and assertions with no actual basis in reality, meanwhile, I have actual audited financial statements.

Oh but wait, you've been caught lying about EPBFI before, haven't you?

Yes, I still remember you claiming that EPBFI had only about 300 customers total, when in reality they had tens of thousands, because wait for it, wait for it, you were deliberately trying to deceive, weren't you?

EPB costs five times as much as Google fiber, and you're forced to pay most of that cost whether you want the service or not.

It seems you're talking about EPB, not EPBFI. The electric portion is indeed much more expensive than Google Fiber, though the raw KWH rate is within the norms for the country, but yes, electric service costs more than internet service in most places.

This is not news. People use electricity, and it's rarely free.

Most of the cost of EPB is funded by federal tax dollars - residents of California being forced to pay the bill for Chattanooga's internet service.

Nope. You can read their financial statements right there.

You may be thinking of the 100 million or so grant that EPB got for its Smart Grid, but that was only a portion of the Federal Stimulus dollars, so why shouldn't any of the people in Tennessee get some? They too pay their taxes. The government exists to serve them too.

The next largest source of funding is from residents' electric bills.

You mean an electric company gets funding from electric bills? My word, what a shock. What a shock.

Of course, as their financial reports show, they're still operating their fiber service profitably on its own. Sorry.

Again, you pay for it whether you want the internet service or not. About 20% of the cost is covered by the $70 / month that internet customers pay.

In total, the cost is $350 / month per customer - five times as much as Google fiber, and people who don't even get the service still have to pay for it.

Nope. You're just making up numbers and assertions with no actual basis in reality, meanwhile, I have actual audited financial statements.

Oh but wait, you've been caught lying about EPBFI before, haven't you?

Yes, I still remember you claiming that EPBFI had only about 300 customers total, when in reality they had tens of thousands, because wait for it, wait for it, you were deliberately trying to deceive, weren't you?

EPB costs five times as much as Google fiber, and you're forced to pay most of that cost whether you want the service or not.

It seems you're talking about EPB, not EPBFI. The electric portion is indeed much more expensive than Google Fiber, though the raw KWH rate is within the norms for the country, but yes, electric service costs more than internet service in most places.

This is not news. People use electricity, and it's rarely free.

Most of the cost of EPB is funded by federal tax dollars - residents of California being forced to pay the bill for Chattanooga's internet service.

Nope. You can read their financial statements right there.

You may be thinking of the 100 million or so grant that EPB got for its Smart Grid, but that was only a portion of the Federal Stimulus dollars, so why shouldn't any of the people in Tennessee get some? They too pay their taxes. The government exists to serve them too.

The next largest source of funding is from residents' electric bills.

You mean an electric company gets funding from electric bills? My word, what a shock. What a shock.

Of course, as their financial reports show, they're still operating their fiber service profitably on its own. Sorry.

Again, you pay for it whether you want the internet service or not. About 20% of the cost is covered by the $70 / month that internet customers pay.

In total, the cost is $350 / month per customer - five times as much as Google fiber, and people who don't even get the service still have to pay for it.

Nope. You're just making up numbers and assertions with no actual basis in reality, meanwhile, I have actual audited financial statements.

Oh but wait, you've been caught lying about EPBFI before, haven't you?

Yes, I still remember you claiming that EPBFI had only about 300 customers total, when in reality they had tens of thousands, because wait for it, wait for it, you were deliberately trying to deceive, weren't you?

EPB costs five times as much as Google fiber, and you're forced to pay most of that cost whether you want the service or not.

It seems you're talking about EPB, not EPBFI. The electric portion is indeed much more expensive than Google Fiber, though the raw KWH rate is within the norms for the country, but yes, electric service costs more than internet service in most places.

This is not news. People use electricity, and it's rarely free.

Most of the cost of EPB is funded by federal tax dollars - residents of California being forced to pay the bill for Chattanooga's internet service.

Nope. You can read their financial statements right there.

You may be thinking of the 100 million or so grant that EPB got for its Smart Grid, but that was only a portion of the Federal Stimulus dollars, so why shouldn't any of the people in Tennessee get some? They too pay their taxes. The government exists to serve them too.

The next largest source of funding is from residents' electric bills.

You mean an electric company gets funding from electric bills? My word, what a shock. What a shock.

Of course, as their financial reports show, they're still operating their fiber service profitably on its own. Sorry.

Again, you pay for it whether you want the internet service or not. About 20% of the cost is covered by the $70 / month that internet customers pay.

In total, the cost is $350 / month per customer - five times as much as Google fiber, and people who don't even get the service still have to pay for it.

Nope. You're just making up numbers and assertions with no actual basis in reality, meanwhile, I have actual audited financial statements.

Oh but wait, you've been caught lying about EPBFI before, haven't you?

Yes, I still remember you claiming that EPBFI had only about 300 customers total, when in reality they had tens of thousands, because wait for it, wait for it, you were deliberately trying to deceive, weren't you?

It's sold already.. you just aren't living in the right place. https://epb.com/home-store/int...