EPB took news of a faster internet speed below $100 a month directly to a group known for digging up information and spending lots of time on the internet: Reddit users.
Rather than waiting for a traditional press release, the Chattanooga electricity and internet provider posted on the “r/Chattanooga” Reddit page on Tuesday to announce it would launch a 5 gigabit-per-second internet speed in the coming weeks. The new speed will cost $97.99 a month, said Maggie Sutton, a digital content specialist at EPB.
Pages on the forum-based social media site are known as “subreddits,” or simply “subs.”
“This sub tends to know what’s going on in Chattanooga pretty quickly anyway, so we wanted to give you all an early heads-up,” Sutton wrote in the post. “Our goal was to make multi-gig internet accessible to more people and keep it under $100 a month.”
Hi, it’s Maggie from EPB, sharing big news with r/chattanooga first
by u/EPB_Chattanooga in Chattanooga
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