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Vote on measure to allow EPB to expand service area delayed until 2016

Interactive EPB map

View an interactive map of EPB residential broadband connections in the Chattanooga area.

Fast facts

Connected Tennessee estimates that at least 422,000 households across Tennessee don’t have access to landline Internet speeds that meet the FCC definition of high speed broadband, 25 mbps download/3 mbps upload. Another 1.6 million Tennessee households are served by only one provider.

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People like Joyce Coltrin, who owns a large wholesale nursery in south Bradley County, will have to wait to get access to basic Internet even in these fast-paced days of post-dial-up connections.