By Mark Ballard
The Times-Picayune
By at least one measure, Louisiana leads the nation in the effort to connect every home to internet fast enough to watch Netflix.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration says Louisiana has completed seven of eight bureaucratic requirements — more than any other state — towards awarding construction contracts that will lay lines that will deliver high-speed internet to the remaining 200,000 locations, mostly rural, that currently don't have access to the service.