Chattanooga, Tennessee to Get the Fastest Internet Service in the US

Looking for the ultimate in high-speed Internet? Move to Chattanooga. By the end of the year EPB, a local utility company in the city of 170,000 will be offering an Internet plan with a download speed of one gigabit per second.

To put that number is perspective, a broadband speed of 10 megabits per seconds considered pretty speedy today. This new plan is 100 times faster than that. It's fast enough that you could download an entire HD movie in a matter of a few minutes. You'd never have to deal with buffering ever again!

We told you earlier this year about Google's plan to bring 1 Gbps fiber Internet to reality, but it looks like a this small Chattanooga-owned utility company, could end up beating them to market. They're not expecting much demand any time soon for the plan, though. When asked why they were bringing to market anyway, EPB CEO Harold DePriest said "because we can." Which is a pretty awesome reason.

So, what's the catch? Well, speed never comes cheap and there's certainly no exception here. The one gigabit service will run you $350 per month. Hey, it's still cheaper than a Ferrari.