A Cajun-Asian View

According to the Daily Advertiser, LUS has announced their roll-out plan. Here's what looks to be the roll-out map:

Looks like where I'm living in is in the Phase I area. Can't wait till I can get it!

UPDATE: Of course, John St. Julien has more info...

Buildout map for LUS fiber optics plan. Retrieved from the Daily Advertiser.

I really should make my way out to the meetings for this group. Even if I don't work directly with Adobe's products, getting my toes wet shouldn't hurt, no?

I had recent come from a public forum so that people can present ideas for the future Lafayette Utilities Systems (LUS) residential fiber optics plan.

LUS already has fiber run all over the city of Lafayette, LA for resale to businesses and to hook up the local schools. To say the truth, I was rather hesitant to let a publicly owned utility company which already provides power to the city to also provide Internet access, phone service, and cable. I was envisioning something more along lines of the UTOPIA project, where the public utility owns the fiber optic lines and end customers have a choice of multiple internet providers. Politically, I'm one of those small-government Libertarian freaks who would prefer competition in the market to provide services as much as possible, with governments taking care of the infrastructure for society (like roads, schooling, utilities like water, basically stuff where the private market will be very inefficient at).

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