![]() Thornton said he hopes the high speed internet will trickle down the mountain into other parts of Marion County. It is significant investment in Marion County, they wouldn’t have done that if High Speed Internet wasn’t available,” said Bradshaw. We’ve had people who bought land, built homes. So we ran fiber,” said Chief Executive Officer of Jasper Highlands, John Thornton.īy running thousands of fiber wires from North Alabama to the Sequatchie Valley developers say now everyone in the Jasper Highlands community will be able to connect to high-speed internet service. Closer, it’s on the same side of the river. With major companies like Google developing in Bridgeport Alabama, John Thornton and his team of developers knew they needed to get access to their fiber lines. “We have a thriving internet in Chattanooga and then digital deserts in between and suddenly at 2,000 feet elevation on Jasper Mountain is a gigabyte speed.” They had internet before but through satellite with limited data,” said Dane Bradshaw, President of Jasper Highlands.ĭue to a law that prevents EPB and other internet providers from entering into certain areas not everyone in the Tennessee Valley has access to broadband. ![]() “We kind of refer to ourselves as Gig Mountain. People living on top of Jasper Mountain will now have faster internet speed. Making sure no neighbor gets left behind for lack of access. Jasper Highlands revealed Thursday they are offering residents high speed internet. ![]() Thanks to one developing company internet speed will be a lot faster in one neighborhood in the Sequatchie Valley. ![]() The internet has become part of the daily lives of millions of Americans but not everyone has access to broadband. This article was originally published on. ![]()
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