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Why has the LUS Telecommunications budget increased from $318,600 in 2007-2008 to $3,485,636 in 2014-2015?

How much (EXACTLY) is LUS paying LUS Fiber for services each year? Shouldn't these costs be going down?

Page 429 of the PDF, 411 of the document: http://www.lafayettela.gov/Budget/SiteAssets/Files/Archive/2008AdoptedBudget.pdf

Page 302 of the PDF, 270 of the document: http://www.lafayettela.gov/Budget/SiteAssets/Files/2014-15-Adopted-Budget.pdf

Why have LCG Telecommunications cost increased from $814,137 in 2007 to $1,798,030 in 2014?

Shouldn't these costs be going down?

These numbers are the totals for Telecommunications costs across numerous LCG departments that have been aggregated manually. Please refer to the budget where each of the department numbers is available: http://www.lafayettela.gov/Budget/SiteAssets/Files/2014-15-Adopted-Budget.pdf

Kudos to your PR/marketing team for that response, but let's focus on the questions.

How much is LUS paying LUS Fiber each year for its services?

Why are these advances in technology increasing costs when they should be decreasing? That's the whole point of technology.