Jim Busch, MD, Chattanooga, Tenn.-based radiology and president of Diagnostic Radiology Consultants (DRC), is officially the first person in the world to have a 10-gigabit-per-second Internet connection installed in their home.

Soon after EPB, a publicly owned electric power distributor based out of Chattanooga, announced that such a speed was available for $299 a month, the historic connection was installed in Busch’s home.  

The increased speed will help Busch when he’s trying to download or upload large diagnostic imaging files from his home.

“In my field, fiber optic speeds save lives,” Busch said in a statement. “Instead of waiting as much as a week or more to get results because radiologists would have to physically go to each location, our patients can get their results in hours or even minutes. When something is seriously wrong catching it as early as possible can be the difference between life and death.”