tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78742592008-05-11T10:36:06.943-05:00FiberFolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03931024146374854439noreply@blogger.comBlogger1535125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-48402519035253014122008-05-09T00:56:00.003-05:002008-05-09T01:10:31.937-05:00

What's Being Said Dept. They're talking about Lafayette's network in New Zealand. Or at least David Isenberg is. David visited recently and I am embarrassed to admit I haven't written about it. (Yet. I will.) I've written about Isenberg & the Internet and his F2C conference here before. For now let it suffice to say that he has the sort of stature in the field that people happily fly him across

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-14422234484107292582008-05-06T23:09:00.005-05:002008-05-07T11:58:14.260-05:00

Long-time followers of Lafayette fiber will recall the supportive visits from Mayor Billings of Provo, Utah during our fiber fight. Sadly, Provo will be losing its publicly-owned network if the current plan goes through. If the city council approves the sale it will be bought by Broadweave and run as a closed, private network much like Cox, Comcast, Qwest, or AT&T. Broadweave has, to date,

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-34625327129389164252008-05-05T11:02:00.001-05:002008-05-05T11:04:39.570-05:00

(Note: Lafayette is about to get its introduction to this topic when Terry Huval addresses the League of Women Voters tonight. Invited to talk about Lafayette's new network he says he wants to bring up ways to use that network to cut the community's electrical costs. Lafayette may be the place where the electrical and the communications networks first merge in ways that preview what will happen

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-77396284425026808802008-05-02T10:29:00.002-05:002008-05-02T10:33:18.320-05:00

Trying to catch up from a conference trip (on which more as soon as I do catch up) I've been alerted by my spouse to an article in yesterday's Advocate that Lafayette's partisans might enjoy reviewing. Lafayette was named one of the "Top 10 Great Innovation Markets in the South" by Southern Business and Development magazine. The fun part as relayed by the Advocate: “From its world-renowned

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-59679850963332991092008-04-30T21:15:00.001-05:002008-04-30T21:16:20.443-05:00

The Advertiser published a small update on the LUS fiber project "LUS fiber project still on schedule" whose title just about says it all. The headend building near the I-10/I-49 junction is now up; I was by there the other day and it is a solid looking building—massive prepoured concrete slab walls give a solid impression. It's not the showcase building LUS might have originally wanted but it

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-4312256269357758512008-04-27T10:44:00.002-05:002008-04-27T10:47:45.371-05:00

With the country sinking into a recession and the housing market collapsing nationwide it is somewhat comforting that Louisiana is going against the grain. Loren Scott, the media's go-to economist from LSU, predicts a continued strong economy and particularly a strong housing market in Lafayette according to an article penned by a local realtor in today's Advertiser. What did Scott say

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-9398895901336221872008-04-26T15:58:00.004-05:002008-04-30T21:23:35.941-05:00

It'sa gone pecan....or less colloquially and jocularly: sic transit gloria. New Orleans' Earthlink WiFi network, launched with much fanfare as the leading edge of public-private partnership in muni networking in the days after Katrina is gone--completely. As Earthlink abandons its network of city-wide wireless networks New Orleans will not be left with even the truncated, city-services-only

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-41857646676607508362008-04-24T01:30:00.001-05:002008-04-24T01:53:07.699-05:00

This week's edition of the Baton Rouge Business Report contains an informative story about the spirited battle that EATEL is waging against Cox on the eastern edge of the privately-held cable giant's central Louisiana market footprint. One comment that immediately jumped out was that the competition between EATEL (with its superior fiber network) and Cox (with its very deep corporate pockets)

Mike Stagghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487046644375429855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-12661840355660890642008-04-22T20:26:00.004-05:002008-04-22T20:45:07.360-05:00

Please begin the process of defending Louisina's local communities by calling or emailing your legislators with your objections to the "Consumer Choice Television Act." It is lousy law intended to benefit a single large, out-of-state corporation whose burden falls especially hard on Lafayette and small communities across the state. This will be a long fight in our legislature with the opening

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-20021998982911521602008-04-20T12:32:00.003-05:002008-04-21T13:16:21.403-05:00

Looking for work? LUS is looking for workers. Lafayette City-parish Government (LCG) has posted job opportunities for those wanting to work in the utility system's now-building Fiber To The Home (FTTH) network. You can scan through the listings on the LCG website—where you'll have to go to download the PDF application forms should you decide to apply. A quicker way to get a sense of what is

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-50306778724574228482008-04-20T00:00:00.001-05:002008-04-20T00:00:14.606-05:00

The statewide video franchise bills up for consideration in the Louisiana Legislature are, in fact, bad news as John and the LMA (pdf) have made clear. But, based on the 2006 experience where only Governor Blanco's veto prevented a version of this legislation from becoming law, I also believe it is clear that some form of this legislation is going to pass again this year and Governor Jindal will

Mike Stagghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487046644375429855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-9176316717896108062008-04-19T15:42:00.003-05:002008-04-19T15:45:19.683-05:00

Saturday ToDo... Here's the latest in the occasional, usually Saturday, "ToDo" series: Google Sky. It's been awhile, I know. We all know Google Maps are among the greatest things on Earth—if you want to find anything (except Dick Cheney's house) or fly through the Grand Canyon the internet cognescenti click over to Google Maps. But until recently I was only vaguely aware of Google Sky. If

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-17094796780204926662008-04-18T01:08:00.010-05:002008-05-11T10:35:19.104-05:00

As you were warned on these pages AT&T's state-wide video franchise bill is back again. The title: "Consumer Choice Television Act" is as deceptive a label as the infamous "Fair Competition Act" that the same corporate players used to attempt to kill competition from LUS when the network was little more than an idea. The idea that any law that the state legislature could pass would change the

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-2685106088893351402008-04-16T09:06:00.003-05:002008-04-16T10:27:52.531-05:00

It has been a while since we've checked in with Bristol, Virginia's Fiber To The Home (FTTH) Network. Telephony Online provides another encouraging update. Followers of Lafayette's saga will recall Bristol as the city that the "academic" astroturf organizations and Cox/BellSouth supporters tried to portray Bristol Virginia Utilities (BVU) as a failure in order to discourage Lafayette's citizens

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-4710947345258089262008-04-15T13:40:00.001-05:002008-04-15T13:40:17.570-05:00

It seems that Lafayette, the city that honors the Marquis de Lafayette, might well have found its de Tocqueville in Geoff Daily. De Tocqueville was the Frenchman who toured the newly sovereign nation and became our nation's most insightful commentator. He came to the new United States to survey its penal system and came away an an ardent fan of the new democracy. A product of his own culture and

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-16005625369834516792008-04-15T13:37:00.002-05:002008-04-15T13:40:40.822-05:00

What's Being Said Department Geoff Daily over at AppRising has posted a remarkable article, "Lafayette Can Be That Shining City on the Hill." It's remarkable for the sympathy and insight that he shows. Enough so that you really ought to go read the whole piece. Go on, I meant it... But I do want to preserve here the opening and closing bits of the post and briefly comment. Opening 'graph:

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-19447726062861149332008-04-10T21:01:00.001-05:002008-04-10T21:02:45.043-05:00

It's the same all over department... Cable companies across the country are having to deal with Verizon's FTTH network and are coming up short. In response to a real fiber network they are trotting out an advertising blitz claiming that they have a fiber network too. This is, of course, a blatant attempt to mislead. Verizon's advantage lies in the fact that it carries the fiber that every (every

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-54424185349358258972008-04-10T11:32:00.003-05:002008-04-10T12:41:07.843-05:00

Kevin Blanchard does his usual exemplary job of capturing the little ironies and quirks that make following the news so interesting. In this morning's story on yesterday's big TechSouth Governor's award luncheon he covers the highlights of the event. If you'd like to find out more about the technology behind LITE and how BP uses in oil exploration the story is a great starting point. Our own

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-83234702021160952952008-04-10T00:23:00.001-05:002008-04-10T00:26:57.377-05:00

Astonishing, Abusive — and in the cable industry they give prizes in "internal communications" (!) for this: I Can Make a Difference! Cox Communications, Inc. Baton Rouge, LA In launching the Cox Advocacy Network (CAN), Cox Greater Louisiana saw a unique opportunity to motivate and educate employees about how elected officials affect their business on a

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-39500764728991835342008-04-08T00:59:00.004-05:002008-04-08T08:22:04.670-05:00

I talked with Geoff Daily, of killerapp.com and forthright fiber advocate, and have secured his Lafayette speaking itinerary for the next couple of days. (His social itinerary included a trip to the Blue Moon, as he details on his most recent Lafayette-centric blog post.) Tuesday @ 9:00 @ techSouth booth 49 — "Ask the Experts" Booth - A discussion of apps for business that utilize broadband;

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-22145188727017756302008-04-07T10:45:00.002-05:002008-04-07T10:54:41.865-05:00

TechSouth starts up tomorrow and is Lafayette's premier tech event. If the intersection of new technology and Lafayette interests you, you really should attend. The usually interesting seminars appear to have been dropped this year in favor of visiting with experts at two "ask the experts" booths on the floor of the exhibition area. Of particular interest will be Geoff Daily of killerapp.com

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-63044925952008461012008-04-04T14:33:00.002-05:002008-04-03T17:45:14.565-05:00

Latest: aerial fiber 1/3/08 at South Magnolia & 12th st. View Larger Map Pins on this map locate sightings of construction on the Lafayette community's new fiber-optic system. This is a publicly editable, collaborative map. You are encouraged to add your own sightings to the map. Please! Click on "View Larger Map" to go to a page that will allow you to put your own pin on the map. (You can

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-82369021301058467672008-04-03T16:08:00.002-05:002008-04-03T23:08:58.883-05:00

Aerial Fiber is now being installed in the McComb neighborhood! My neighborhood! If your electricity is on poles you should start looking for a boom truck and a truck pulling a large spool of fiber. Lafayette's fiber is being installed both aerially (on poles) and underground—depending on how your electricity is delivered. This is the first aerial fiber to go up. Unlike the underground

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-10292463582852957212008-04-01T13:00:00.004-05:002008-04-01T20:14:56.670-05:00

This is a slightly edited version of the story from Benoit Felten's inestimateable fiberevolution blog; it is worth reproducing in full. Don't stop before you get to the phrase "a little known city in South Louisiana that has shown a lot of interest Fiber To The Home." Say what? You've probably read the news already, it's all over the place, but in a surprise move, AT&T the largest telecom

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874259.post-26802042299423013572008-03-29T00:12:00.003-05:002008-03-29T09:14:02.867-05:00

What's being said dept. It's nice to be noticed. Especially for the things you're actually proud of. Lafayette got a bit of notice online today from Geoff Daily over at Apps Rising. Geoff has visited here in Lafayette a couple of times and has had an outsiders eye on the city and its unique fiber project for awhile. So its gratifying that in reporting on an interview with Terry Huval of LUS he

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577901049540355311noreply@blogger.com