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==Infrastructure== ===Health and medicine=== Baton Rouge is served by several hospitals and clinics: * [[Baton Rouge General Medical Center β Mid-City Campus]] * [[Baton Rouge General Medical Center β Bluebonnet Campus]] * [[HealthSouth]] Rehabilitation Hospital * [[Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center]] * [[Ochsner Medical Center]] * [[Our Lady of the Lake Hospital|Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital]] * Ochsner Medical Complex β The Grove ===Communication=== Most of the Baton Rouge area's high-speed internet, [[broadband]], and [[fiber optic]] communications are provided by REV (formerly EATEL), [[AT&T Inc.]], [[Charter Communications]], or [[Cox Communications]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.businessreport.com/news/2010/apr/05/dueling-strands-fiber-optics-tchn1/ |title=:: Baton Rouge Business Report :: Dueling strands of fiber optics |publisher=Businessreport.com |access-date=April 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101120152616/http://businessreport.com/news/2010/apr/05/dueling-strands-fiber-optics-tchn1/ |archive-date=November 20, 2010 }}</ref> In 2006, Cox Communications linked its Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans markets with fiber-optic infrastructure. Other providers soon followed suit, and fiber optics have thus far proven reliable in all hurricanes since they were installed, even when mobile and broadband services are disrupted during storms. In 2001, the Supermike computer at Louisiana State University was ranked as the number-one computer cluster in the world,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phys.lsu.edu/faculty/tohline/capital/beowulf.html |title=LSU CAPITAL's Supercomputer |publisher=Phys.lsu.edu |access-date=April 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509191029/http://www.phys.lsu.edu/faculty/tohline/capital/beowulf.html |archive-date=May 9, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> and remains one of the top 500 computing sites in the world.<ref>{{cite web|author=Seymour Cray |url=http://www.top500.org/system/details/6084 |title=SuperMike {{pipe}} TOP500 Supercomputing Sites |publisher=Top500.org |access-date=April 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904222343/http://www.top500.org/system/details/6084 |archive-date=September 4, 2008 }}</ref>
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