Tullahoma Board of Utilities begins beta testing FTTH services in Tennessee
The Tullahoma Board of Utilities has made no secret of its plans to rollout a fiber-to-the-premise network to deliver television, high-speed internet and phone services to residents of the Tennessee town, but it sounds as if the aforesaid services (to be dubbed LightTUBe) are edging ever closer to being available for ordering. Reportedly, the TUB has just begun beta testing the offerings, though there's no definitive go-live date just yet. Still, we're told that quite a few high-definition channels will be available at launch, including ABC, FOX, CBS, PBS, MyNetwork TV, ION, WGN HD, A&E HD, National Geographic HD, Discovery HD, History HD, HGTV HD, Food Network HD, ESPN HD, ESPNews HD, ESPNU HD, ESPN2 HD, TLC HD, Animal Planet HD, The Science Channel HD, FSN HD, Golf HD, TNT HD, QVC HD, CNN HD, QVC HD, TBS HD, Speed HD, Planet HD, FX HD, Fox News HD, SciFi HD, Bravo HD, USA HD, CNBC HD, Universal HD and all of the premium movie channels in HD. Okay, so maybe "quite a few" was a slight understatement.[Thanks, Jeff]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
GhostDoggy @ Oct 15th 2008 5:54AM
With a population of under 20,000, what makes this such a big deal? Heck, even my county is 35 times larger in population. Deploying to sich a tiny footprint is orders of magnitude easier in delivery than trying to do the same to a larger area/population base, and certain not in the same league as trying to deploy across states.
Will Tullahoma, TN be looking for growth in its residence-ship?
Gavin G @ Oct 27th 2008 10:37PM
I grew up in Tullahoma and the town has always been progressive....
While numbers count in a big company like AT&T or ComCast, a small utility can make a big difference. ISP's have come full circle in the fact that the community is now providing the services and the support "in-town." And that will make all the difference....