Dane DeValcourt

My last post regarding CampFiber reads awfully negative despite that not being my intent.  I did appreciate the event and I really do look forward to any future events that may come of this.

Kinda sad that it took someone from outside of Lafayette to organize the event, I sincerely appreciate Geoff Daily for doing this.

Here are a few key takeways for me from the event and things I look forward to in the future:

1.  Keith Thibodeaux from Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) mentioned an iPhone application that was in the works!  This was something I actually planned to mention as an idea at the meeting so it was nice to here.  Wish there were some details as to what all it would do.  I envisioned an application that would have quick access to news and events in Lafayette, traffic cameras, traffic accidents and so on.  I will elaborate more on my application idea in another post.

2.  Someone discussed the idea of a tech festival of sorts.  Something like South By Southwest (SXSW) combining both technology and the ‘creative class’.  I kinda like the idea in general.  This is Lafayette, Louisiana after all where festivals are in our blood.  I could envision something like TechSouth meets Festival International.  It would be best to do it in conjunction with Festival International in my opinion.

3.  No A-La-Carte.  It was funny to hear Terry Huval say how impractical A-La-Carte service is and no one made a peep.  When the cable co’s and others state this everyone gets in a tizzy, but when LUS states this oh well thats ok we all understand.

4.  Wireless is a part of LUS’s plan / strategy but due to its unpredictable nature they don’t want to push it much.  Understandable.  I am still very intrigued about the possibilities surrounding the 700Mhz spectrum and what Cox will do with it in the Acadiana market.  Mobility is more important to me than any fiber to my home and its this technology that excites me.  There was some recent news regarding successful testing of 10GB wireless in labs!  Long time away from being anything more than just fantasy, but exciting stuff.