Open Technology Institute's report "2014 Speed Leaders For Home Broadband" has named LUS Fiber the fastest home internet in the world. Putting Lafayette on par with major world cities is LUS Fiber's Gig connection offering equal upload and download speeds.

City-Parish President Joey Durel said,

This is great news for Lafayette. As we continue to gain national and global recognition for our technological advancements due to our fiber optic network, we are setting the state for Lafayette to create more and more new, high paying jobs.

LUS Fiber is tied for first place for the fastest internet with Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Chattanooga, Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri.

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