cities until the municipal power company, called "epb", came to the rescue. comcast, america's largest cable company and the state cable association sued -- not once but twice -- to prevent epb from bringing the gig to chattanooga. >> why are you so fired up about this? >> i didn't realize what i was gonna be up against (laughs). >> tennesse state senator janice bowling is a key player in the legislative battle to bring the gig to the rest of tennessee which has pitted her against what she calls the legacy providers. >> can you talk about the lobbying presence of these big companies in tennessee? >> the hill was swarming witth new lobbyists representing at&t in particular, comcast and charter - >> wow. >> - um... my name was not used in nice context by a lot of people at that point. we really do need this in tennessee. we need it across america. >> chattanooga's plan went up in 2010 thanks to the municipal utility. >> the latest upgrades from existing providers were not coming to chattanooga. >> david wade is the chief operating officer of epb. he says they b

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