Sep

18

I found an interesting article about the town near Lookout Mountain and Ruby Falls: "Chatanooga's Gig: How  one city's super fast internet is driving a tech boom"

Like Atlanta they have a very nice aquarium and offer a fun downtown area to visit on the way to hiking in the Smokies. But this attraction of venture capital and entrepreneurship was news to me.

"The city is one of the only places on Earth with internet as fast as 1 gigabit per second – about 50 times faster than the US average. Despite Big Cable's attempt to block the Gig's expansion plans, money keeps flowing into Chattanooga"

and

"The fibre-optic network uses IntelliRupter PulseClosers, made by S&C Electric, that can reroute power during outages. The University of California at Berkeley estimates that power outages cost the US economy $80bn a year through business disruption with manufacturers stopping their lines and restaurants closing. Chattanooga's share of that loss was about $100m, EPB estimates. The smart grid can detect a fault in milliseconds and route power around problems. Since the system was installed the duration of power outages has been cut in half."


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  1. Andre Wallin on September 18, 2014 6:19 pm

    I love chatanooga I stop here every time I drive down to palm beach. It’s scenic, decent climate, and far away from materialism. However, they have a big meth problem and the city lacks a lot of bells and whistles. On another note I have a great ES system that I’ve been developing and has tested very well over eight years as well as the most recent year. I will trade it and I will not share it and this should give caution to anyone buying a system from anyone.

  2. Andre Wallin on September 18, 2014 6:29 pm

    It’s actually Chattanooga with 2 Ts

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