Chattanooga has the only taxpaper public internet...

[Playinghardball]

Damn Socialism!

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Playinghardball.

[daleanime]

2. K&R....

[randys1]

3. It is insane that something you must have to survive

like internet, electricity, fuel, cell service, that you have to pay to a for profit company to get said services

this is insane, that we allow this means we are insane

[Go Vols]

4. There are more here in Tenn.

In fact, EPB is one of nine publicly-owned communications networks in Tennessee.
In addition to EPB Fiber Optics, entities include those in the following areas:

• Bristol

• Clarksville

• Columbia

• Fayetteville

• Jackson

• Morristown

• Pulaski

• Tullahoma

http://tennessee.watchdog.org/2011/12/21/chattanooga-residents-get-internet-courtesy-of-taxpayers/

[okaawhatever]

17. But Chattanooga couldn't get a union at the VW plant. One step forward, two steps back. nt

[Go Vols]

26. We have a hard time electing Dems too,

I do all I can, to change what I can.

[Duppers]

5. Wow!!! Imagine...and in Tennessee!!

Last edited Fri May 16, 2014, 05:33 AM - Edit history (1)

Dang. Color me shocked.




Edited for dumbity-misspelling.

[Ghost in the Machine]

6. Why are you so shocked? If you ever read up on the history of Tennessee you would find that most

of Eastern Tennessee joined the Union cause during the Civil War... there are rumors that part of the Underground Railroad went through Cades Cove, as well as some other places, through the Great Smoky Mountains. There were groups who snuck into North Carolina and raided confederate camps and enclaves. Many people in many parts of the South were Pro Union/Anti-Confederate.

Peace,

Ghost

[Uncle Joe]

10. I don't believe who fought on which side during the Civil War has anything to do with this.

In fact, EPB is one of nine publicly-owned communications networks in Tennessee.
In addition to EPB Fiber Optics, entities include those in the following areas:

• Bristol

• Clarksville

• Columbia

• Fayetteville

• Jackson

• Morristown

• Pulaski

• Tullahoma


http://tennessee.watchdog.org/2011/12/21/chattanooga-residents-get-internet-courtesy-of-taxpayers/

Of the nine cities in TN which have a taxpayer funded Internet Jackson is in West TN which predominately fought for the South, Clarksville is in Northern Middle TN, Columbia and Pulaski are in South Middle TN. Pulaski was the hometown of the original KKK.

Memphis in West TN even tried it and failed, I believe a taxpayer funded Internet will spread throughout the state.

I also believe the Internet should be a public utility, state and nationwide, there are too many monopolies controlling or trying to control the free flow of information.

[Duppers]

12. wow, thanks so much! I'm impressed. :)

I'm learning so much about my birth state. I only travel back there about once a year and then only hear from the wingers down there, so your post gives me hope.

We've purchased acreage in the foothills of the beautiful Smokies and plan to build a retirement home there in a couple of yrs. The beauty of those hills and mtns. trumps the wing-nuttery of the area. Give me trails, a good friend, a great dog, and a few bears for company and I'm happy.

[Uncle Joe]

13. I know that you're not easily impressed, so I feel honored. :)

Peace to you, Duppers.

[Duppers]

18. Joe

I hope that post was not sarcasm but since I cannot trust my instinct this evening, I don't know. I'm barely functioning on less than 3 hrs sleep in the last 24 - trying, rather unsuccessfully, to kick a sleeping pill habit, so I'm quite sleep deprived and what few brains cells I have left aren't sparking on all cylinders, to use a mechanical metaphor. Besides, I'm not sure if you know me.

Anyway, thanks.

[Uncle Joe]

22. Duppers

I don't know you and it was in part jest, but in a friendly way, just trying to be witty on my part.

I have followed enough of your posts to know we agree on many issues and I believe we could be friends.

Peace to you and get some sleep.

[Duppers]

15. Sorry, that I came across as such a basher

but it was only a reaction to my wingnut relatives in ETn whom I've had to deal with recently. Believe me, I'm very happy to learn of any progressive measures anywhere in the state, such as this one:

Feb. 3, 2014. Gov. Haslam proposed waiving community college tuition for all high school graduates.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/02/04/tennessee-governor-wants-to-make-community-college-free/

[Ghost in the Machine]

27. No problem... I'm always glad to get a 'teaching moment'... There are a LOT of good Liberals and

Democrats in the South but it seems it's just the racist rednecks that make the news. There's also this:

For a period of nearly five decades in the 20th century, the Tennessee Democratic Party held the Tennessee governorship continuously. However, since 1967 no two successive governors have belonged to the same party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Tennessee

Peace,

Ghost

[Duppers]

16. Btw, a Cades Cove info request

If you have any info regarding part of the Underground Railroad going through Cades Cove, I would very much appreciate links. (You could pm them to me if you like.)

Thanks.

[Ghost in the Machine]

20. Here's where I read about it....

In the decades before the Civil War, Blount County, Tennessee, was a hotbed of abolitionist activity. The Manumission Society of Tennessee was active in the county as early as 1815, and the Quakers— who were relatively numerous in Blount at the time— were so vehemently opposed to slavery that they fought alongside the Union army, in spite of their pacifist agenda.[33] The founder of Maryville College, Rev. Isaac Anderson, was a staunch abolitionist who often gave sermons in Cades Cove. Blount doctor Calvin Post (1803–1873) was believed to have set up an Underground Railroad stop within the cove in the years preceding the war.[33] With such sentiment and influence, it's no surprise that Cades Cove remained staunchly pro-Union,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cades_Cove#The_Civil_War

Hope that helps! (The whole wiki is an interesting read). You can also just google "Cades Cove" and find many interesting links about the place and activities if you ever visit for a vacation.

Peace,

Ghost

[Go Vols]

7. Al Gore is from Tenn.

and we all know he invented the internet.

:/

[okaawhatever]

19. According to the Repubs he also invented climate change. What part of TN are you in? I'm outside

Nashville.

[Go Vols]

21. I will be able to hear Bonnaroo

on my deck next month.

[okaawhatever]

25. Free concert, that is the way to do it. Bonnaroo without leaving the comfort of home. nt

[yallerdawg]

8. Chattanooga is too cool!

And if you ever go there, don't forget to "See Rock City," on Lookout Mountain, somewhere over Ruby Falls.

[Go Vols]

9. Sadly its not in my town

but my mother gets it and has these choices,I think she gets the slowest speed.
I pay $60 for 30/4 mbps with Charter 10 miles away and is the fastest they offer.





15 Mbp/s download / 3 Mbps upload $37.95

40 Mbp/s download / 20 Mbps upload $49.95

70 Mbp/s download / 35 Mbps upload $59.95

100 Mbp/s download / 100 Mbps upload $99.95

[mountain grammy]

11. K & R

[japple]

14. This is available just 40 miles from my home. Would that I could tap into

it. Sadly, I am in Georgia and there are so many of those dead zones, even 10 miles from I-75.

[Cryptoad]

23. ,,, and it fast!!!!! nt

[DirtyDawg]

24. Don't know...

...how you say it's 'owned by taxpayers'. The EPB (Electric Power Board) is the power company there - assume it's like, or is, a REM (Rural Electric Membership)...and is publicly-owned only in that regard. Their customers pay about the same for their service (oh yeah, they also provide 'cable TV' over the network) as most of us do for Comcast, AT&T, Time-Warner, etc...and they aren't 50-times faster - their download speeds are about 30 mbs - the same thing I get from AT&T and my daughter's family gets from Comcast...so what's your point?

[Go Vols]

28. Its quite a bit faster than Charter(owned by Comcast)

That’s why we’ve slashed the price of our 1 Gigabit speed package (1,000 Mbps) to just $69.99/month. Or choose our 100 Mbps package, still super-fast, for just $57.99/month.

https://epbfi.com/internet/

I pay $60 for the fastest Charter offers,30 mbs.What they have in Chattanooga is 33 times faster for 10 bucks more.