Overview: New and Changed Rules for the NTIA BEAD Program
Below is a summary of the material changes to the BEAD program based on the new NTIA BEAD Program Guidance released on June 6, 2025. New NTIA BEAD GUidance: ELimination […]
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costquest associates
Best-in-class data and broadband consulting services to help you make effective decisions for broadband initiatives. Proudly employee-owned.
Built on Data
What we do
CostQuest Associates (CQA) is an employee-owned broadband consulting firm, GIS data, and SaaS application provider for the broadband ecosystem. Our team is internationally recognized as the leading experts in economic network cost modeling, profitability analysis, asset valuation, policy, data, and mapping. We work with businesses and governments of all sizes to deliver robust data and services that effectively guide complex broadband infrastructure planning, operations, mapping, and reporting projects.
We’re most known as the official provider of the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric data for the FCC’s Broadband Data Collection (BDC), NTIA’s BEAD, and other federal programs. Along with being the trusted cost modeling expert, both Federal and State Governments rely on to distribute broadband deployment funding across the U.S.
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Explore CostQuest’s GIS Data Products
The success and quality of your decisions hinge upon the quality of the underlying information used to guide them. Explore the power of CostQuest’s Broadband Fabric and OnLook GIS data products, built to provide the reliable and foundational data insights needed to effectively inform broadband deployment, business planning, operations, and policy decisions in the right direction.
Who we are
CostQuest Associates (CQA), an employee-owned company, has long led the broadband consulting industry in the knowledge of costs, economics, network modeling, valuation, appraisal, mapping, and regulation services. Our team is now blending its extensive broadband knowledge with data science to develop the most precise data and SaaS applications to support business and policy decisions for broadband initiatives. The love of the challenge and commitment to precision makes us who we are. We work to get it right.
Upcoming events
What’s new
Events
Fabric Forward – Join us October 2025
Join us in Seattle for Fabric Forward 25, CostQuest’s first-ever Fabric User Conference in Seattle, WA.
From technical best practices to network financial modeling, Fabric Forward 25 is an in-person event designed for those who depend on data to drive effective decisions for their broadband projects. Get practical solutions to streamline your data workflows, optimize investment strategies, analyze competition, forecast growth, navigate FCC Fabric Challenges, and federal reporting requirements to prepare for what’s next in a post-BEAD landscape, and target resources more effectively.
Early bird registration ends July 3rd.
Onlook
New BEAD Funding Data Module
Easily envision BEAD opportunities and create grant applications with the BEAD Funding Data Module for OnLook! The BEAD Funding Data Module is built to help you easily uncover BEAD-Eligible areas and other critical insights to inform broadband grant offensive and defensive strategies intelligently. Effortlessly visualize and uncover data insights about each state’s NTIA-approved BEAD-Eligible locations, service availability, cost to serve, profitability, demographics, and more at the HEX-9 level.
Services
Explore Telecom Capital Advisory Services
Wise capital investments start here. CostQuest is offering financial modeling, financing, M&A transaction, tax valuation, and financial reporting strategic services for telecom companies, investors, and financial institutions to maximize their capital.
Work with a team of experts trusted by the Federal Communications Commission, U.S. Department of Commerce, Tier 1 providers, and 3,000 US broadband companies to guide you through significant telecom capital cornerstones and decisions.
Recent posts
FCC Adopts Broadband Fabric as Foundation for High-Cost Funding Oversight
Impacting the FCC’s RDOF, A-CAM programs, PR Fund, and Connect USVI Fund The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has officially adopted the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric (Fabric) as the data […]
CostQuest Supporting Wisconsin’s Round 2 BEAD Grant Process
Congratulations to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) on officially opening Round 2 of its Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant selection process! Powered by CostQuest’s custom Grant […]
TrueVerra.io is Officially Live!
Instantly access the data you need to power successful broadband expansion, business planning, and operations strategies with confidence – on TrueVerra, CostQuest’s new Data Marketplace. What data you’ll find on […]
Deploying Broadband to Power Precision Agriculture
Precision agriculture stands at the forefront of modern farming advancements—promising higher yields, improved resource use, economic development, and increased sustainability. Yet, this potential relies on one crucial input: high-speed, reliable broadband […]
You’re Invited to CostQuest’s Fabric User Conference
CostQuest’s Fabric User Conference is an exclusive event is designed to: Key topics Explore critical industry topics including: Key Takeaway: Explore why precision data matters to push your business forward […]
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CostQuest works with service providers, consultants, and governments – federal, state, and local. While we’re most known for our work with the FCC, we work with organizations of all sizes.
