[walkon]

How can the infrastructure be built for free? Volunteer labor and donated capital?

[dtparr]

He means without subsidizing from the government. EPB would cover the CapEx

[rayiner]

EPB is owned by the government of Chattanooga, TN.

[tgb]

But makes a profit and would fund the expansion with its own money, not tax payers'.

[Jonnax]

My takeaway from this is that Comcast and AT&T will be paid $45m by the government to develop the infrastructure.

Whilst this EPB company will invest their own money for the infrastructure.