Trump admin halts broadband internet expansion in Louisiana

Trump admin halts broadband internet expansion in Louisiana

Cajun Broadband started in 2017 as a way to provide wireless internet to a few neighbors in Broussard. In 2022, the company was awarded 11 GUMBO 1.0 grants. (Photo courtesy of Cajun Broadband)Many rural Louisianans who were promised access to fiber internet may be out of luck. Recent changes to the federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program, originally set to grant Louisiana $1.3 billion for fiber expansion, will reverse the Biden ad…