Indiana's Larry Landis: Mapping Provides a Guide for Broadband Policy

A Q&A with Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission member Larry Landis who also is the State Chair of the Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services. He reflects on the value of various efforts to obtain broadband data. "Generally speaking, telecom providers have been more comfortable with an independent, public-private entity which can provide additional contractual guarantees as to the confidentiality of that data," Commissioner Landis said."This approach has the added advantage that the entity which administers the program has a singular, rifle-shot mission, focus and approach. Quite a few successful state programs are built on this independent public-private model."