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EPB, formally the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, is an electricity distribution and telecommunications company owned by the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 2010, EPB was the first company in the United States to offer 1 Gbit/s high-speed internet, over 200 times faster than the national average. In 1935, Chattanooga established EPB as a nonprofit agency to provide electric power to the Greater Chattanooga area. Today, EPB remains one of the largest publicly owned electric power distributors in the country. EPB serves more than 169,000 homes and businesses in a area that includes greater Chattanooga and Hamilton County, portions of surrounding Southeastern Tennessee counties, and areas of north Georgia. == Expansions == EPB is also providing its gigabit internet service in the Chattanooga Airport. They set up a demonstration area in the former gift shop. They also just recently added the service to Miller Plaza by River City Co.〔 〕 EPB is also one of the largest providers of electric power in the US.〔 〕 EPB has chosen Aimetis Corp as their security system operator to optimize their efficiency. This is because of Aimetis's "robust video analytics and the open architecture system."〔 EPB has petitioned the FCC to allow them to deliver internet to communities outside of the 600 square mile area that they service. Nineteen states in the US have laws the make it difficult or impossible for utility companies to deliver internet outside of the area that they service.〔(States, stand down! Let community broadband innovate ), Gigaom, 27 July 2014, Craig Settles〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「EPB」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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