The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) periodically gathers data to provide the Indiana General Assembly with timely information on communications issues. The IURC has a statutory mandate to report on the effects of competition and technological change on universal service and on pricing of telecommunications services. Furthermore, we are tasked with reporting on the status of competition and technological change in the provision of video services. For this report we are inquiring about basic telecommunications services as defined IC 8-1-2.6-0.1, video services as defined in IC 8-1-34, and broadband connection services.
In order to fulfill this objective and complete our report in a timely manner, we request that the IURC Communications Survey form and/or an electronic equivalent be completed and returned to the IURC Communications Division no later than April 1, 2008. All questions should be directed to Brandy Darlington at (317) 232-5559 or bdarlington@urc.in.gov.
The IURC is also requesting Indiana broadband connection service providers that provided such service during Calendar Year 2007 and filed Form 477 with the FCC, to provide a copy of the Form 477 data to the Communications Division. Form 477 data should be provided under seal, in a single document (including both January-June 2007 and July-December 2007). The IURC's February 13, 2008 order in Cause No. 43436 sets forth the procedural requirements associated with the request for Form 477 data in more detail. That order also includes procedures for those companies requesting confidential treatment of part or all of their responses to the IURC Communications Survey. A link to that order appears below, on this web page.