Chattanooga Utility Home Broadband Demand Rises During COVID-19

EPB of Chattanooga, with 108,000 broadband customers, had demand increase sharply during the workday after the COVID-19 crisis started, below early evening average peak hours, said Ryan Keel, vice president-technical operations. Primetime peak demand is up as more people stay home, he told a Fiber Broadband Association webinar Wednesday (see 2004080054). EPB hasn’t had “very many issues in total” and addressed some downstream electronics problems, he said.