"The old model was 'everybody has to have service,' which is where cable and telephone came from," Smith said. "This is a model that says, 'we can be patient wh

"The old model was 'everybody has to have service,' which is where cable and telephone came from," Smith said. "This is a model that says, 'we can be patient while demand builds.' We'd like to see some of our most disadvantaged served, but we're not starting out with 'everybody must get service immediately.'" My understanding is that Chattanooga's gigabit service was rolled out as quickly as they could as limited by funding to everyone within the service area. My understanding is that they are the only city in the US with such complete gigabit coverage. I've read that they are now selling consulting services to other communities looking to do gigabit rollouts. I'd like to know what their take is on that philosophy since it seems to be the opposite of what they did and they seem to be significantly exceeding revenue targets. http://www.chattanoogan.com/2013/9/17/259342/EPB-Increasing-Fiber-Optic-Speeds.aspx http://www.chattanoogan.com/2013/9/17/259342/EPB-Increasing-...