How fast is your high-speed Internet? The residents of Chattanooga, Tennessee, have access to speeds of 1 gigabit per second. So do residents of Wilson, North Carolina. Both cities are serviced by municipally owned companies, and those companies want to expand their services, but USTelecom is petitioning the FCC to block them: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/aug/29/us-telecoms-fcc-block-high-speed-internet-chattanooga
Twenty states have barred cities from building their own high-speed Internet. Now Netflix is weighing in, and not on USTelecom's side. It should be interesting to see how this plays out: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/03/twenty-states-bar-cities-from-building-their-own-internet-netflix-wants-the-fcc-to-change-that/
For those who may not be familiar with this toe-tapping tune, the title of this post comes from a 1941 song called Chattanooga Choo Choo. I dare you to listen to it and not find yourself humming it hours later! (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzHIn5S-RbY
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