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September 02, 2010

Louisiana Optical Network Initiative Kicks off Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Project

BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 2 -- The State Office of Facility Planning, on behalf of the Board of Regents and the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative, or LONI, is now securing engineering services in the first phase of an $80.5 million federally-funded project to expand broadband Internet capabilities in the state.

In March 2010, the Louisiana Broadband Alliance, which is a collaboration LONI leads through the Louisiana Board of Regents that includes the Department of Education, Department of Health and Hospitals, Louisiana Educational Television Authority, Louisiana Geographic Information Center, and LSU Agricultural Center's Delta Rural Development Center, received funding as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the federal stimulus package), for a project under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.

Through this project, the Louisiana Broadband Alliance will install nearly 1,000 miles of fiber-optic network lines in rural and under-served area of the state.

"Through our Broadband Technology Opportunities Program project, we will increase broadband-based services in some of the neediest areas of our state, which until now have not had access to such resources," said Donald Vandal, LONI Executive Director. "By providing more residents and businesses the opportunity for access to high-speed broadband services, we are giving them opportunities to spur economic development and job growth in their region."

Louisiana Broadband Alliance is targeting 21 parishes, including 12 in the Delta region of Northeast Louisiana, along with four other parishes that encompass Louisiana's federally recognized American Indian tribes, for this program. The parishes that will be served are Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Jefferson Davis, LaSalle, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Richland, Tensas, West Carroll and West Baton Rouge.

Engineering services, the first part of the project, will consist of an environmental assessment and fiber infrastructure design. This phase is a prerequisite to the solicitation for actual construction of the fiber optic lines across Louisiana, which should begin in early 2011.

The final project is expected to be complete, with broadband access in place for the targeted areas, no later than March 2013.

To keep up with the Louisiana Broadband Alliance's progress, visit www2.ntia.doc.gov/grantees/LouisianaBroadbandAlliance

For more information on the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, visit www2.ntia.doc.gov.

About LONI

The Louisiana Optical Network Initiative, or LONI, administered under the authority of Louisiana Board of Regents, is a high-speed, fiber optic network that connects supercomputing resources among the state's major research universities -- LSU, Southern University, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech University, University of New Orleans and Tulane University -- along with the two LSU Health Sciences Centers in New Orleans and Shreveport. LONI connects Louisiana to major national research networks, including Internet2, and is one of 11 resource providers on TeraGrid, the backbone of national cyberinfrastructure.

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Source: Louisiana Optical Network Initiative

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