More than $1.5 billion will have been spent in Louisiana on fast internet by 2028. Millions will have gone into parishes in the northwestern part of the state; into homes and businesses in towns and villages like Rodessa, Mooringsport, Plain Dealing and Shongaloo.
The investment and the high-speed data sharing it brings are life-changing, said Veneeth Iyengar, executive director of ConnectLA, the state entity tasked with expanding broadband access.
“Decisions are being made by families, decisions are being made by businesses, decisions are being made by developers of subdivisions and so on where broadband infrastructure is,” Iyengar told The Shreveport Bossier City Advocate…