Information Technology is a high priority issue for Texas, the nation's most rural state. Texas Broadband Task Force   tipi   Telecommunications & Information Policy Institute - Affiliated with the University of Texas - Austin, TIPI is an internationally respected center for telecom research, information and policy analysis. Texas Broadband Task Force - formed in July, 2009 to identify opportunities for, and challenges to, broadband deployment and adoption and to facilitate the pursuit of federal funding opportunities.