Bristol Virginia Utilities (BVU) is a utility system that provides electric, water, wastewater and fiber-optic telecommunication and information services to the City of Bristol, Virginia and the surrounding area. On July 1, 2010, BVU moved from being a board under the direct control of the City of Bristol, to form a new subdivision of state government.
BVU is lauded, along with the public electric utilities of Chattanooga, TN and Lafayette, LA, as having "the best broadband networks in America" by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance . While Chattanooga's network is better known and covered extensively in Electric Energy Online and other trade sources, Bristol's is somewhat more remarkable given the town's small size and its successful bids to build larger cities' fibre optic grids.
Read more about Bristol Virginia Utilities: Fibre Optic and Smart Grid Service Provider, Electricity Suppliers
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