1 gigabit internet speed.. and here's the catches..

[Matt²]

Chattanooga utility offering fast Internet service - Yahoo! News

1: You have to live in Chattanooga Tennessee.
2: You have to be willing to pay $350 a month for service

3: (? not sure how this really works yet) you might have to plug an ethernet cable into the converted electric outlet.. anyone brave enough to hook your computer to that? (though probably a separate setup like Comcast's routers)


still... $350 a MONTH!?

 

[@Li3n]

for that money i'll just buy my porn, 10x

 

[Hylian]

I bet anyone who gets that service will be being watched like a hawk for any illegal downloads.

 

[SpecialKO]

Well, if you have a burning need for completely uncompressed streaming-HD movies for some reason while you also run a hosting company for high frequency trading outfits...

 

[Shakey]

This seems to be aimed at businesses instead of residential customers, so $350 isn't all that crazy.

It's also a fiber optic network, so you wouldn't be plugging anything into a converted electrical outlet. You'd have a new cable coming into your house that would plug into a router.

 

[Matt²]

This seems to be aimed at businesses instead of residential customers, so $350 isn't all that crazy.

It's also a fiber optic network, so you wouldn't be plugging anything into a converted electrical outlet. You'd have a new cable coming into your house that would plug into a router.

I know but still.. think about it.. the ELECTRIC company is offering high speed internet.. surely someone is going to get the "crazy" idea "hey I bet I can steal free internet by plugging my ethernet cable into the outlet!"

 

[Shannow]

Its the Chatanooga Choo choo.

 

[AshburnerX]

This seems to be aimed at businesses instead of residential customers, so $350 isn't all that crazy.

It's also a fiber optic network, so you wouldn't be plugging anything into a converted electrical outlet. You'd have a new cable coming into your house that would plug into a router.

I know but still.. think about it.. the ELECTRIC company is offering high speed internet.. surely someone is going to get the "crazy" idea "hey I bet I can steal free internet by plugging my ethernet cable into the outlet!"[/QUOTE]

It's actually a brilliant move. As a power company, they already have lines moving into many houses and have the right of way to lay new cables along their lines. This allows them to get around the local cable monopolies and offer a competing service. Ingenious actually, if you have the money for the initial start up.