Chattanooga, The Surprising City That Rates Highest For TV, Broadband Services

A regional power company in Tennessee has emerged as Consumer Reports’ top-rated TV provider, edging out Google Fiber by one point. The company, identified as EPB Fiber in the August issue of Consumer Reports, is the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga (TN), owned by that city. In terms of the homes to which it provides TV, EPB Fiber is tiny compared to cable TV giants such as Comcast, which has an estimated 30 million subscriber households. The power company serves 170,000 homes and businesses in its 600-square mile service area. In the August Consumer Reports, EPB's Internet service was ranked fourth, behind Google Fiber (No. 1), Consolidated Fiber (No. 2) and Armstrong Cable (No. 3).