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CostQuest's BroadbandFabric Data Suites

Use Broadband Serviceable Location data layered with critical data attributes per location for better decisions regarding broadband initiatives.

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About the BroadbandFabric Data Suites

Working on broadband initiatives but need reliable data to guide the way? Using CostQuest’s core Broadband Serviceable Location data tied directly to federal broadband initiatives, the BroadbandFabric Data Suites can reliably support government entities and the communications industry in making critical decisions regarding broadband initiatives.

Each BroadbandFabric Data Suite comes complete with Broadband Serviceable Location data at the coordinate level and tied with informative data attributes such as broadband service (technology) availability, addresses, funding eligibility, cost, demographics, and MORE to support teams through the lifecycle of their broadband initiatives. Especially for pivotal decisions regarding broadband funding programs such as the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program.

CostQuest’s BroadbandFabric Data Suites

CostQuest’s BroadbandFabric data – built by broadband experts and blended with machine learning – is the perfect solution for the various challenges broadband decision-makers face. Each BroadbandFabric dataset is optimized for location precision and can be embedded in broadband maps to directly support functions such as broadband planning, network design, government affairs, and operations.

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An example Census Block with Broadband Serviceable Locations
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Granular broadband data to find consumers & design networks to end-user locations

BroadbandFabric data contains a core base of Broadband Serviceable Locations (the coordinates of all structures where a broadband connection can be installed) and provides the level of granularity needed to identify locations that have or need broadband service. This data allows users to better understand the exact geographic placement of serviceable locations, the number of potential users or customers, and helps determine what investments are needed to get them serviced.

Reliable broadband information for effective decisions & successful planning

To make intelligent and efficient network decisions you need reliable information that guides you in the right direction. In each BroadbandFabric dataset, every location comes with critical information such as Service/Technology Availability, Engineering and Construction, Costs and Economics, and Demand and Demographic data. With these insights, users are equipped with all the information needed to make broadband network and business decisions with confidence.

Built by data science & broadband experts, trusted by the federal government & more

Congress, federal agencies, service providers, and other organizations in the telecom industry, have relied on CostQuest’s models and expertise to inform critical broadband initiatives and reform policies related to broadband deployment and data collection. CostQuest’s financial models are used by the FCC to distribute $3B annually to serve high-cost areas, and granular geospatial data to create the FCC’s Fabric to support the Broadband Data Collection, National Broadband Map, and broadband funding programs. CostQuest’s work is reviewed regularly and withstands the highest levels of scrutiny from government agencies down to service providers, supporting organizations, and consumers to ensure the work is done right and foundationally sound.

Broadband datasets to make broadband expansion easy

ORGANIZED BY INDUSTRY USE CASE

BroadbandFabric NetworkPlan data contains Broadband Serviceable Location data layered with insightful information per location you can import into your GIS to create a geographically granular and comprehensive broadband map. This collective data displayed in your broadband map allows you to assess a location’s broadband service availability, cost to serve, competitive landscape, residential and non-residential demand, funding eligibility, demographics, and identify nearby Community Anchor Institutions. Each location is layered with crucial information per location to help you make the most informed decisions from your broadband map. The NetworkPlan data can also help you develop confident cost estimates, so you can be successful when competing for funding opportunities (ex. IIJA’s BEAD funding program) and mitigate risks in the process.
BroadbandFabric NetworkPlan
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Gives States the data they need to support a State Broadband Program, develop a granular and precise broadband map, and inform key policy decisions regarding broadband deployment. This dataset provides precise coordinates of Broadband Serviceable Locations that universally tie to other key data attributes that can enhance the analysis per location such as Service Availability, Engineering and Construction, Costs and Economics, and Demand and Demographics data. This data has multiple uses, such as broadband mapping, network planning, funding program assessment, funding area determination, deployment validation, and broadband program management.
BroadbandFabric StatePlan
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Receive a complete assessment of the full market opportunity in a defined Census Block Group for a Fiber, Wireless, and 5G network build-out. Allows you to assess the economic viability to deploy service by broadband technology. You will receive a precise count of broadband serviceable locations that will match funding program counts.
BroadbandFabric CBG Ops Assessment
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Get customized and qualified Broadband Serviceable Locations, with key details per location to help provision and certify homes and business to service. The LocationQual dataset can be used by customer service teams or other groups to qualify availability to consumers inquiring about service. This dataset can also be used by network planners for design support, or to better estimate demand at the housing unit level.
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Receive coordinates of Broadband Serviceable Locations layered with key information regarding the competitive landscape, demographics, residential and non-residential demand, and fiber adoption rates of locations. The BroadbandMarkets dataset aims to enhance the analysis of each Broadband Serviceable Location in demand of service so organizations can better qualify serviceable locations that will best attain the organization’s financial goals. This data can be used for market research, adoption analysis, campaign targeting, direct customer acquisition initiatives.
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Get broadband-specific data

The BroadbandFabric Data Suites were developed by broadband experts and data scientists with deep roots in broadband economic network modeling and mapping. Each Broadband Serviceable Location we identify is a residential or business structure where a broadband connection can be installed. Our Broadband Serviceable Locations and rich data layers are NOT for insurance or real estate projects. The BroadbandFabric Data Suites were designed to support broadband initiatives.
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Confirm geographic accuracy

This data provides geographic placement for each Broadband Serviceable Location – pinpoints serviceable structures through highly accurate latitude and longitude coordinates, with visual verification used for added confidence.
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Easy import & interoperability

All BroadbandFabric datasets come in a .CSV, .KMZ, or .KML file format to import into any major GIS or engineering software. Integrates easily with other data by using H3, which is a universal location identifier that can support referencing other datasets with the BroadbandFabric data.
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See locations eligible for funding

This data provides the locations that fall within areas covered under federal funding programs, such as CAF, RDOF, ARA, the upcoming IIJA funding, and more to leverage to expand broadband services.
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What data is included in each dataset?

All datasets come in an Excel .CSV file format for easy import into any major GIS or engineering software. Purchase data either by state or county.

BroadbandFabric Data SuitesBroadband Serviceable LocationsH3 Location IDsBDC LocationsBuild Complexity Scoring Auto design
(Fiber Routes)		 Technology (Broadband) Availability FCC Form 477 Competitive LandscapeFunding EligibilityFiber Cost ModelFixed Wireless Cost Model5G Cost ModelFiber Business CaseResidential DemandBusiness DemandCommunity Anchor InstitutionsFiber Adoption & Take Rates
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Broadband-specific, precise and simple

After 20+ years of broadband experience and planning, we understand the challenges faced with limited access to accurate and granular data. Until now, broadband data to solve geographical accuracy and location count issues didn’t exist. Which led us to utilize our broadband expertise to build the BroadbandFabric Data Suites. These Data Suites were created with a simple aim – to deliver the most broadband-specific, precise, and simple data solutions to support various broadband design, deployment, and reporting challenges due to lack of reliable data.

With the BroadbandFabric data, you can build a broadband availability map, assess market opportunities, plan, design, report on network projects, and more with data made specifically to inform these broadband initiatives intelligently.

How CostQuest identifies Broadband Serviceable Locations

Broadband Serviceable Locations: The geographic coordinates of all structures where a broadband connection can be installed.

Data sources CostQuest uses to find Broadband Serviceable Location.

Watch how BroadbandFabric data can help solve various broadband mapping and deployment challenges

Receive data in 3 easy steps

Step 1

Request a sample

Select “Get started today” located at the bottom of this page. Fill out the “Contact Us” form and indicate you would like a sample in the comments field. Then, one of our sales representatives will reach out and set you up with a sample.

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Step 2

License the data you need

When you’re ready, license data for your areas of interest and receive data via a secure portal. Choose a 1, 2 or 3 year license duration, with a minimum order size of a US County.

An example Census Block with Broadband Serviceable Locations

Step 3

Import-ready data files are delivered securely

We’ll deliver the BroadbandFabric data files via a secure portal, in a supported file format*, and give you a crash course on how to upload and interpret the data in your visualization software of choice. All orders come with access to our customer success team, to ensure you have what you need to be successful with the data.

*We can export data into the following formats: .CSV, .KML, .KMZ. There is no additional charge for any format.

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CostQuest works with service providers, and governments – federal, state, and local. While we’re most known for our work with the FCC, we work with providers and governments of all sizes. The listed states are currently using CostQuest’s data in their broadband programs.
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