Gigabit Speeds At Home In the US

Posted by Soulskill on Monday September 13, 2010 @09:00AM 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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Re:Awesome.. by alanebro · 2010-09-13 09:24 · Score: 0, Redundant

You have to take into account the fact that North America is enormous compared to most other countries topping that list.
It's not feasible to think places like the midwest with many many miles between towns can offer high speed to the people that live between said towns.