City Seeks U.S. Override to Expand Internet on AT&T Turf
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, asked federal regulators to overrule a state law preventing the sale of the city’s high-speed Internet service in neighboring areas served by AT&T Inc. and Charter Communications Inc.
Chattanooga’s Electric Power Board, which sells residents broadband Internet in addition to electricity, told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in a petition today it can’t serve surrounding areas -- described as “a digital desert” -- where residents have “very limited speeds” for Internet.