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Gigabit Speeds At Home In the US

Posted by Soulskill on from the for-the-low-low-cost-of-way-too-much dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Electric Power Board of Chattanooga is preparing to offer 1 Gigabit speeds at home by the end of the year. 'The city-owned utility announced today it will boost its broadband service to 1 Gigabit throughout its service territory by the end of 2010. Such a connection will be 200 times faster than the average broadband speed in America and the fastest of any US city.' The NY Times reports that the service will cost $350 per month. 'Mr. DePriest of EPB does not expect brisk demand for the one-gigabit service anytime soon. So why offer it? "The simple answer is because we can," he said.'"

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  1. Gigabit? That's even faster than ... by damn_registrars · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... the Chattanooga Choo-Choo!

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    Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
  2. Re:200 times faster? by CannonballHead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get 199 friends

    This is slashdot. There goes that idea. ;)

  3. Re:The price is actually pretty nice by bpsbr_ernie · · Score: 5, Funny

    The catch... They'll announce a cap of 5 GB of data. Once you hit the cap, there will be a per MB charge. :)