Southwest Louisiana legislators are dissatisfied with Suddenlink’s response to outages from Hurricane Laura.
State Sen. Ronnie Johns has called a special joint meeting of the Senate and House Commerce Committees to get a response from the company.
Power restoration crews can be seen everywhere in the hurricane-stricken areas of Southwest Louisiana. But some people say they’ve yet to see a single Suddenlink crew.
Johns says the company’s response is unacceptable. Though Suddenlink provides cable TV, Johns says the problem is lack of internet service, which so many depend on for business, school and disaster relief.
“Without internet service these students have no educational opportunities,” Johns said. “On top of that, you have a lot of businesses here in Southwest Louisiana that are so dependent on Suddenlink for their business connectivity.”