03.31.08
EATEL increases download speeds
All FiberEdge internet customers will have an increase in their download speeds. FTTH technology delivers the fastest home download and upload speeds in Louisiana.
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02.14.08
EATEL's Reach a Kid Program Awards Teachers
EATEL's Reach a Kid Teach a Kid program award local teachers $5,000 in grants. This annual grant honors creative educational lessons that enrich students' classroom experience.
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02.11.08
EATEL Doubles Upload Speeds
Fiber-to-the-Home technology delivers the fastest home upload speeds in Louisiana and saves internet customers time and frustration.
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12.21.07
EATEL Donates to Troops Overseas
Local businesses and schools join together to ship cards and nearly 2000 pounds of supplies to deployed soldiers.
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12.03.07
EATEL 4 News Launched
The innovative nightly news show by EATEL 4 News covers more local headlines and stories keeping Ascension and Livingston Parish viewers informed with more local headlines and stories.
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11.30.07
Holiday Hotline Opens Up
EATEL rings in the season with the Holiday Hotline. Customers can put Santa on your FiberEdge speed dial!
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11.30.07
HD Channels Added To Lineup
EATEL uses customer feedback to choose new high definition channels. FiberEdge TV customers will have a total of 34 HD channels by December 31, 2007.
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11.08.07
Imagination Press Book Grant Winners Announced
EATEL's Imagination Press Book Grant allows second-graders in Ascension Parish to become published authors.
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09.13.07
EATEL receives National Award for Outstanding Deployment of FTTH
EATEL announced as 2007 Cornerstone Award recipient from Broadband Properties Magazine for Outstanding Deployment of FTTH Network.
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09.10.07
Ashley Phillips speaks at Broadband Properties Summit
EATEL's director of network engineering chosen to lend expertise on successful FTTH deployment.
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09.05.07
EATEL's first annual Imagination Press Book Grant
Innovative grant ignites minds of future authors and publishers. Teachers and their second graders will have the opportunity to tell their own story and design their own art.
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07.30.07
EATEL kicks off NFL Network television channel in Hi-Def
Fiber-to-the-home network allows the company to offer FiberEdge customers more HD channels
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07.13.07
EATEL helps future technology leaders prepare for college studies
Laptops awarded to outstanding Ascension and Livingston Parish high school seniors are important to academic success.
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05.29.07
EATEL's Commitment To Education Earns Statewide Honor
Louisiana Department of Education recognizes EATEL as a top supporter of education in the state.
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02.22.07
EATEL adds more high definition channels to lineup
EATEL recently added six new channels, including three in high-definition (HD),
to its already extensive channel lineup.
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02.13.07
EATEL launches subscription video on demand
EATEL is now offering Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) content to its digital TV customers. EATEL's new SVOD service offers more than 150 hours of movies, events and original programming to their premium channel customers who subscribe to HBO, Starz, Showtime or Cinemax.
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02.08.07
EATEL awards $5,000 in 'Reach A Kid' grants
EATEL recently held an awards ceremony honoring ten local teachers with $500 grants to
fund innovative teaching programs in Ascension and Livingston parish public and private schools.
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12.08.06
EATEL rings in the season with the holiday hotline
EATEL wants to make certain that Santa gets all childrens' wish lists this holiday season.
In order to get all lists to Santa on time, the Holiday Hotline will be open until December 24, 2006.
Kids can call the "Ho Ho line" at 225-621-4646, a direct line to the North Pole, and leave their wish list for Santa.
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10.27.06
EATEL's new TV caller ID service brings convenience and an integrated customer experience to FiberEdge television customers
EATEL recently launched a new service to its FiberEdge TV Digital Edge customers, TV Caller ID.
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10.24.06
Fiber optic network expert Ashley Phillips chosen to speak at 2006 Fiber-To-The-Home Council Annual Conference and Expo
Ashley Phillips, EATEL's broadband network engineer and operations expert, recently spoke at the fifth annual FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, NV. Phillips presented a case study about EATEL's planning and deployment of the first and only fiber-to-the-home network in South Louisiana.
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09.21.06
EATEL runs test of emergency preparedness plan
September is National Preparedness Month, and the Emergency Preparedness Team at EATEL recently completed a hurricane drill to test the company's readiness.
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09.11.06
Talking about a revolution - EATEL sponsors the popular digital media courses taking place in Ascension Parish schools
EATEL is the corporate sponsor for the digital media courses taught this school year at Dutchtown, East Ascension and St. Amant high schools.
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08.22.06
EATEL's support of Gonzales Firefighters Association is red hot
EATEL recently sponsored the International Chili Cook-Off to benefit the Gonzales Firefighters Association. On Saturday, August 12th, the best chili cooks from around the country arrived at the Tanger Factory Outlet Mall to compete and possibly proceed to the world competition.
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08.11.06
EATEL announces the appointment of Brad Supple as its new Director of Sales and Marketing
Supple brings more than 10 years experience in the field of Marketing to his new position, including eight years within the telecom industry and two years of previous service with EATEL. As Director of Sales and Marketing, he is responsible for overall sales and marketing strategy, market research and planning, product development, advertising, public relations and corporate communications.
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07.14.06
Updated EATEL logo complements Fiber Network investment in Ascension Parish
EATEL's logo was recently modernized following the first anniversary of the company's FiberEdge network. By creating one of the few and most sophisticated networks in the United States, the company is leading the broadband revolution in Ascension Parish.
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06.30.06
Four Ascension Parish teachers win EATEL-sponsored grants
Ascension Fund sponsor volunteers and Beryl Scanlan Smith, a former school counselor, Ascension Fund vice president and secretary of EATEL's board of directors, recently presented cookie cakes and gift bags to a group of teachers at Duplessis Primary and Dutchtown Primary, Middle and High School locations.
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06.16.06
EATEL helps future technology leaders prepare for college studies
EATEL recently presented its 10th annual technology scholarship awards to a group of exceptional students from Ascension area high schools.
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06.08.06
EATEL celebrate first anniversary of FiberEdge services
EATEL recently celebrated the first anniversary of its all-fiber network, FiberEdge. Launched one year ago, FiberEdge is the most sophisticated network in Ascension Parish offering the best possible services — phone, Internet and television — from a single reliable source.
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05.18.06
EATEL rolls out unique digital television experience at 2006 Jambalya Festival
Cable doesn't compare to fiber, and EATEL's ready to demonstrate it with a unique digital television viewing experience at the upcoming Jambalaya Festival.
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03.22.06
EATEL debuts prime property -- a home and garden show with a local twist
EATEL and Turner House Productions have joined forces once again, this time to offer a bi-weekly, local version of the national trend toward home and garden-related television programming.
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03.16.06
Area experts teach Internet safety course to Lake Elementary parents
A panel of local experts from the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office, Ascension Parish School Board and EATEL educated a gathering of concerned parents about Internet Safety on Wednesday, March 15.
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03.14.06
EATEL brings the fastest Internet connections to residents in Ascension Parish
EATEL residents in Ascension Parish can experience the state's fastest broadband speeds through its FiberEdge suite of Internet services to homes. The company is offering three tiers of residential broadband services, with downstream (download) speeds of up to 256 Kbps, 6 Mbps and 10 Mbps (megabits per second) and upstream (upload) speeds of up to 1 Mbps.
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03.06.06
EATEL sponsors Children's Miracle Network Bass Classic
EATEL has joined other local merchants to sponsor the upcoming Children's Miracle Network annual amateur fishing tournament. The tournament will be held on Saturday, April 1 at the St. James Boat Club and will feature a $5000 first place payout along with many other prizes.
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03.01.06
EATEL's new TV-On-Demand service will change the way you look at televison
Beginning today, EATEL presents a new concept to how consumers watch television by introducing TV-On-Demand
service to Ascension Parish.
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