Acadiana Business Today: Slow internet frustrates thousands in Louisiana. Here's the $90M plan to fix it

with Adam Daigle | Business editor

Good morning, Acadiana. We've got the business news for you this sunny Thursday morning. You can get started with this report from the capital on the GUMBO Grant program that will help get high-speed internet to rural parts of the state. It's an effort that is under way here in Acadiana, and you may remember our report from last fall that shone a light on how much slower broadband speeds are outside of Lafayette Parish (here's a reminder: some parts of Lafayette Parish have five times the speed as some rural areas of Acadia Parish).

You'll also want to read more about Lagniappe Records and how they are closing for a week due to unruly customers who have not complied with the store's mask mandate. 

Slow internet frustrates thousands in Louisiana. Here's the $90M plan to fix it

With $90 million to divvy up, Louisiana’s Office of Broadband Development & Connectivity received $440 million in funding requests from 23 companies in its first round of applications. 

Read the story here.