Chattanooga, America's first 'gig city,' is hurtling forward with a 25-gig network for everyone and a new business push behind so-called quantum networking.
Before it became the country’s first gig city, Chattanooga moved at a languid pace — if it moved at all.
“In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Chattanooga was a dying city of industrial companies leaving,” said Mayor Tim Kelly, a resident who was reluctant to come home after attending Columbia University in New York. “But I felt a sense of obligation [a family auto business in town]. At the time, Chattanooga did not have a buzz.
Meanwhile, developers of telecommunications company EPB’s new quantum network that debuts in July hope the network and related efforts will put Chattanooga on the leading edge of the next generation of cybersecurity, computing and other technologies. America’s first Gig City The majestic Tennessee River carves through Chattanooga, the state’s fourth-most-populous city and America’s first Gig City. Indeed, in 2010 it became the first metropolitan area in the Western Hemisphere to offer 1-gigabit-per-second fiber internet service to all residents and businesses. The speed ratcheted up to 25 gigabits per second this year.
“We were the Rust Belt of the South to iron ore and steel but it was dying away,” said Charles Wood. CEO of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. “The economic shift to white-collar industries changed with the Aquarium opening in 1992. From 1992 to 2012, $1 billion was invested in city. Since then, it has been $2 billion.”
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