President Barack Obama cited Chattanooga’s ultra-fast Internet service, dubbed “the Gig,” telling how communities such as the Scenic City are benefiting.
Obama administration officials touted the advantages offered by the city-owned EPB, which helped bring the first city-wide gigabit-per-second Internet service to any city in the Western Hemisphere in 2011.
The Obama White House wants to lift state restrictions on municipal broadband and other programs that administration officials say could bring more speed and competition for Internet service to other cities.
The White House released a report saying Chattanooga’s “visionary” broadband is helping the Gig City attract entrepreneurs and computer programmers from around the country.
President Obama in one instance termed Chattanooga “a tornado of innovation.”