Acadiana Planning Commission

This covered partnership is proposing a coordinated fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) initiative that builds off the proposed partners' existing infrastructure to expand service to the highest number of households in adjacent unserved census blocks.

The application prioritizes four main project goals:

1. Deploy High Speed FTTH Access to residents and businesses in eligible census blocks in northern Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, and St. Landry Parish.
2. Build a network that can provide 1 Gbps symmetric service with low latency at compeltion and that is easily scalable to meet bandwidth demands of up to 10 Gbps symmetric service over the next decade.
3. Provide an affordable pricing tier with a minimum service lvel of 30 Mbps symmetrical service at or below $60 per month for low-income households.
4. Deliver broadband service with 95% or more of all peak period measurements of network round-trip latency at or below 80 milliseconds.

Allen’s Communication will provide symmetrical broadband speeds of 30 Mbps for $38.95 to 940 Mbps for $169.95 to residential subscribers in its proposed service area. LUSFiber will provide symmetrical broadband 60 Mbps for $57.95 to 10 Gbps for $295.95 to residential subscribers.