YuppieYak

Joey, you have less than 6 months left in office and Terry's position with LUS is an appointed position.

1) What risk does Lafayette face with new leadership taking the helm of LUSFiber and selling the infrastructure or not prioritizing future upgrades?

2) Are you seeing any candidate forums include this topic as part of their platform for questions being posed to the candidates?

http://www.ftthcouncil.org/ Twitter: @FTTHCouncil

Hypothetically, is it possible for cities such as Youngsville, Scott, <cough> Broussard, etc to hold an election to vote for a dedicated tax or authorization of bond sale to subsidize the initial expansion of LUS services?

1) Is the WiFi always on or turned on only for special events? 2) Is there an area on LUS' site which would indicate where coverage is currently available and how to access it?

The position paper of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce (Now One Acadiana) endorsed LUS moving forward with the build out of LUSFiber for FTTH because of the absence of private industry willing to make the investment at such time. It went on to state that LUS should pursue partnerships with private entities and help address digital divide issues.

1) What programs does LUS have in place to address digital divide issues? I know Cox Communications is very aggressive in providing resources (bandwidth and computer labs) to entities such as Boys and Clubs, but haven't seen any such action by LUSFiber.

2) What actions, if any, has LUSFiber taken to partner with private entity to provide services or help LUS manage services?

3) With the prominence of cloud computing (Software as a Service / Infrastructure as a Service) being aggressively adopted by businesses, has LUS pursued any direct connections to Google, Microsoft, or Amazon Web Services data centers to help local customers have reduced latency and higher QoS on long-haul transfers? EXAMPLE: http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/