Huval defends LUS Fiber loan

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Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:03:06 +0100

"#2 Next, the video is alway "locking up:. This occurs on all channels..the video just stops in action and stays there until you change channel and then change back or turn the damn thing off and on again. This happens way too frequently...like once every 30 minutes - not exagerating. #3 - way too frequent service unavailability for whatever reason. Could last an hour or longer. You can't tune in anything. As if a power outage has occurred. Occurs like once or twice a month. " I think these may indicate a problem with the cable in your house. I've got one run of some 30 year old stuff left and it was giving me similar problems. They improved it by changing out connectors but told me it still wasn't giving an optimal signal. I'm going to change it out to the newer shielded stuff soon. The rest of the house is on newer cable and I don't see these glitches anywhere else but on the old run. This is a drawback of very high data rates. You need cabling that can handle it. - b f

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:28:42 +0100

Mais you are so right, "Mr.lus fiber at home, ya know some of us don't have the clothes to go to Pasa or ACA and to go to downtown alive, ain't been there since they closed the Heymanns store. The Heymanns they some " get rich quick peoples, eh ? The chirin sell two buildings to the city and the chirin make more money than Mr. Mo made in a liftime, dem are lucky people - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:25:25 +0100

written by holeinthedonut8 "LUS Fiber has already done more for Lafayette than most people can get their narrow minds around. ---------------------------------- If it did, I don't see a big change. In using LUS or Cox, I find little difference. Can you be more specific? - Regular Grind

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:43:34 +0100

oh and Terry my utilities bill is to high. Could you please ask Slemco how they keep their bills down even after they give out free education money. - texter

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:38:34 +0100

Win is fiber coming out with a cell service and unlimited texting? I don't have a hardline and I get internet on my phone and my cable is included in my rent for my apt. So I really don't need any of your out dated services, but I am always looking for a better deal on texting rates for unlimited texting. - texter

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:31:40 +0100

Count the votes Terry could have bussed them in to vote. It wasn't that many. If you want to use % tell us what % of registered voters cared enough to show up. - Ben

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:28:31 +0100

"Prices here are lower with Cox than other places or similiar size and selection." Not true. Prices for Cox are the same here as in surrounding parishes. - ragin_cajun

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:39:56 +0100

Oh please...already taking the larger than thou stance over the base bread and butter customer. I'll be glad to switch back to cox or to direct tv and LUS can cater to their so said... "high end" users. figure that why don'cha - lus fiber customer @ home

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:35:40 +0100

LUS Fiber has already done more for Lafayette than most people can get their narrow minds around. They consider quality of television at their homes as the main criteria for success. Maybe the complainers should consider how much Cox increased local involvement AFTER lus started making moves? Prices here are lower with Cox than other places or similiar size and selection. Cox's donations skyrocketed after LUS. Maybe they don't notice the economic improvements the overall community has already enjoyed. Maybe they have no vision. If there's a problem with LUS Fiber it is LACK COMMUNITY ENGEGEMENT. Get on board, us it for more than watching TV and email. This is like having 5 major interstates merging in our city and we just haven't built enough business around the on and off ramps yet. - holeinthedonut8

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:37:36 +0100

For Mr. "lusfiber customer @home" #2 & #3 We had similar trouble at first, but have had very good response when calling for service and no longer having this problem. They came to the house for free more than once. They replaced the box. I did not have to go down to their office to switch it out. I find their people are eager to make things right. #1 We usually find what we want scrolling. - Andre Comeaux

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:25:25 +0100

Terry speaks out of his rear end , how can a businss be successful in any sector if it does not make a profit, as in the case of Lus, Lus is but a mere Government entity created to produce jobs for the loons who have no place in the private sector. Lus belongs to the people, " NO THANK YOU " < give my ZILCH PROFITS to the Reparation Fund. And Terry you may be correct in your statement, "there are plenty more of supporters than for this initiative than there are dissenters", Yes there are more simpletons in Lafayette Parish, than there are bright folks. You lucked out. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:20:29 +0100

written by Terry Huval "I am just reading the blogs, as I have been away from my computer for the weekend". ------------------------ So, in a round about way, Terry is telling us LUS Fiber is losing its butt. If it was not, then he would be bragging about it. Does anyone know what the losses are? - 16 dollar muffin

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:33:36 +0100

let met tell you what's wrong with LusFiber TV: My #1 complaint is channel selection. When they first came out, it was pretty bad but at least you could set up a series of favorites in the categories of your choice. From your guide, you could go to your news category and view only those channels you had set for news; you could go to your movies category and see only those channels you had set for movies, etc.. Then they came out with the current system and now there is no way to set up favorites in categories so you just set one big favorites list. It is a royal pain to find anything you are searching for. You spend more time scrolling through the channels than you do viewing. And then they went and relocated the HD channels to the 1000s to further mess things up. I like to be able to set up different categories of viewing, set my channels to the appropriate categories and then surf within one category at a time. #2 Next, the video is alway "locking up:. This occurs on all channels..the video just stops in action and stays there until you change channel and then change back or turn the damn thing off and on again. This happens way too frequently...like once every 30 minutes - not exagerating. #3 - way too frequent service unavailability for whatever reason. Could last an hour or longer. You can't tune in anything. As if a power outage has occurred. Occurs like once or twice a month. If someone has some fixes for what I've described, I'll gladly try them. - lusfiber customer @home

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Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:12:13 +0100

I am just reading the blogs, as I have been away from my computer for the weekend. The main difference between the LUS Fiber system and any other telecommunications system in Lafayette, is that it is owned by the citizens of Lafayette. The more successful the system becomes, the more it benefits the community. While some want to define "success" only based financial statements (and certainly financial success is very important) success for a citizen-owned initiative is much more. Competition has resulted in lower prices and better products for our community - we estimate all citizens and businesses are saving about $5.7 million this year due to the benefits of competition. A number of entrepreneurs have moved to town because of our fiber initiative. UL is saving money due to the collaboration it entered with our fiber system. The public school system in Lafayette parish is using the system for more effective administration and education. Many businesses, from law offices, to banks, to media, to hospitals (the list covers virtually every type of business) have been moving to our fiber system in droves. Residential sales have increased significantly. It is easy for those who want to criticize without even revealing who they are. I am happy to personally respond to any citizen of the City of Lafayette who wants to e-mail me at thuval@lus.org. I thank all of our supporters on this blog. Based on everything I have seen, there are plenty more of supporters for this initiative than there are dissenters. Terry - Terry Huval

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Sun, 25 Sep 2011 20:47:50 +0100

Simple ... if LUS is overflowing with customers and everything is exceeding all expectations (according to Huval), why do they need a loan? All the best, Soop - Soop.

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Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:29:11 +0100

LUS is playing with the big boys now. It is the real world of competition and they have trouble accepting that! But, not to worry, we can all go to Eunice on a Saturday nite. - the original northsidian

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Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:32:57 +0100

We have LUS for TV & internet. No box, no modem...its great, plus a TV menu. What could possibly be wrong with LUS? AND its cheaper and no contract! - Southsider

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Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:08:12 +0100

What is bad about LUS TV? Channel selection? DVR box unreliable? Picture quality bad? I'm considering switching from Cox in hopes that Hugh bandwidth let's LUS deliver uncompressed HD stream. - ragin_cajun

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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:29:24 +0100

I am so dissatisfied with LUS Fiber TV viewing that I'm going to switch back to COX or go with AT&T's Direct TV. I'll keep my fiber internet and land line phone for now but the fiber tv has to go. I really wanted to have an all in one service but for what ever reason the fiber based television just plain sucks and sucks every time I turn it on. - LUS Fiber customer @ home

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Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:25:42 +0100

janieD, You look at the BIG PICTURE and I'll look for the money up Camellia Blvd. all the way to Joey's house. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN