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The article informs that the broadcasting and cable company Comcast will offer the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband services in the Chattanooga, Tennessee from June 2015. It mentions that the presence of Comcast in Chattanooga will challenge the telecommunication company AT&T and the municipal utility Electric Power Board (EPB). It also mentions that the Comcast and AT&T lobbying legislators to prevent EPB from expanding its network in the state.

The article focuses on the ruling of the U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) that reverses the state laws in North Carolina and Tennessee, that restrict municipal providers in the areas from providing broadband service outside of their current serving areas. It mention that the state laws inhibit Chattanooga and Wilson from extending services into new areas over their fiber-to-the-home network. It also reports on the opposition to the municipal broadband laws by President Barack Obama.

The article reports on initiative by Louisiana based broadband firm, LUS Fiber, against U.S. Federal Communications Commission(FCC)'s anti-municipal broadband law. Topics discussed include plans by LUS to invest in state's wireless services, federal support to LUS by U.S. states including Louisiana, Tennesse and North Carolina along with U.S. agency National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners(NARUC) and views of Louisiana's Mayor Joey Durel, on the same.

The article reports on the disagreement of municipal broadband providers over the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) net neutrality proposal under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. It mentions a letter which will vote on net neutrality proposal by 43 municipal providers on February 26, 2015 to plea FCC to overturn the anti-municipal broadband laws, and the views of Matthew Polka, chef executive officer (CEO) of American Cable Association on efforts of municipal providers.

The article reports that the proposal made by chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Tom Wheeler to rework laws that affect the growth of municipal-broadband networks is facing opposition from the U.S. Republicans. Topics discussed include Republicans not allowing the regulator to interrupt with the U.S. state laws, views of Matthew Berry, chief staff to Republican Commissioner Ajit Pai, and the U.S. Telecommunication Act of 1996 giving FCC the ability to compete in the market.

The article reports that regional telecommunication and cable operator Comporium will extend its Zipstream one Gigabit per second (Gbps) fiber to the premises (FTTP) service to South Carolina neighborhoods in York and Lancaster counties. It says that the expansion follows Zipstream's initial launch to business customers in downtown Rock Hill, South Carolina in June 2014. Comporium's Matthew Dosch states that neighborhoods will be activated based on their ring.

The article focuses on a petition filed by the Electric Power Board (EPB), a provider of municipal broadband network in Chattanooga, Tennessee to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It states that the petition seeks to overturn a state law governing the restricted offering of broadband communication and video streaming services to residents and businesses outside the electric service area. Insights from Tom Wheeler, chairman of the FCC, are presented.

The article discusses that EPB Fiber Optics, the telecommunication unit of electric utility EPB, has adopted the Google Fiber Inc.'s to provide fast internet bandwidth by reducing the cost of its 1 gigabits per second Fiber to the Home service. It mentions that the service provider EBP Fiber is upgrading its residential and business service speeds to 100 megabits per second. It states that this is the second time that service providers have reduced their prices to increase the internet speed.