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About the Broadband Fabric Data Suites
Using CostQuest’s core Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric data, tied directly to federal initiatives such as the FCC’s BDC and NTIA’s BEAD programs, CostQuest created the Broadband Fabric Data Suites – Geographic Information System (GIS) location datasets at the coordinate/address-level, that come with insightful broadband-specific data attributes per location. Data attributes include location, service availability, competition, and federally funded information, along with addresses, building types, units, cost to serve, NPV, demographics, and much MORE.
For service providers, engineers, consultants, and government entities, the Broadband Fabric Datasets provide the quality and reliable data required to effectively inform broadband deployment, business planning, operations, and policy decisions.
CostQuest’s Broadband Fabric Data Suites
Built by broadband experts and blended with machine learning – each Broadband Fabric dataset comes in an Excel .CSV fileformat and can import into any major GIS application, visualization software, network planning tool, SQL, or other related applications.
STRONG FOUNDATION OF LOCATION-LEVEL DATA TO SHOW USER LOCATIONS
Each dataset contains a core base of Broadband Serviceable Locations that provides you with the coordinate-level granularity needed to identify end-user locations, and assist in qualifying whether they currently receive, can receive, or need broadband service. This data allows you to better understand the exact geographic placement of locations, their address, the number of users, and other essential insights per location.
Reliable information for effective decisions & successful planning
To make intelligent and effective decisions, it’s critical to have reliable information that guides you in the right direction. Every location can be tied to insightful information such as Service Availability, Engineering and Construction, Costs and Economics, and Demand and Demographics data you can rely on to guide you toward precise broadband decision-making.
BUILT BY BROADBAND & DATA SCIENCE EXPERTS YOU CAN RELY ON
Federal agencies, service providers, and other stakeholders, rely on CostQuest’s models and expertise to inform critical broadband initiatives and reform policies. CostQuest’s financial models and Broadband Fabric data, used by the FCC and NTIA, supports the Broadband Data Collection, BEAD, and other funding programs. Our work is reviewed regularly, withstanding the highest levels of scrutiny to ensure the work is foundationally sound.
Location-level Data Packages
Expand the boxes below to see what data types each Broadband Fabric package offers. Click on the data category to see its description. Data is available for every U.S. state, territory, and county.
Includes all Active Locations and federally defined Broadband Serviceable Locations, their coordinates, addresses, unique Location_ID, building types (residential, business, CAI, etc.), units, land use, Hex 3 identifier, etc.
Active Locations represents ALL locations that have been determined to be broadband serviceable – a structure where broadband service can be installed.
Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) represent locations that fall under the federal definition of a Broadband Serviceable Location.
Service Availability data of all Broadband Serviceable Locations. Includes technology (Fiber, Licensed and Unlicensed Fixed Wireless, Telco, Satellite, Cable), carriers, speed, a label if a location is considered unserved, underserved, and served, etc. Includes both BDC and NTIA Service Status.
BDC Service Availability Status represents the highest speed tier available per Fabric location from the FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC) program:
1, Served – broadband speed greater than 100 Mbps download x 20 Mbps upload
2, Underserved – broadband greater than 25 Mbps download x 3 Mbps upload but below Served
NTIA Service Availability Status represents locations that are served, underserved, and unserved based on the NTIA’s established service level requirements (excluding Unlicensed Fixed Wireless and Satellite, etc.):
1, Served – Access to a low-latency Fiber, Cable, Copper, or Licensed Terrestrial Fixed Wireless offering of speeds greater than or equal to 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) download and 20 Mbps upload, or 100/20 Mbps (download/upload).
2, Underserved – Access to more than 25/3 Mbps, but without access to broadband service offering speeds of 100/20 Mbps (download/upload).
3, Unserved – Without any Terrestrial Broadband Service or with internet service offering speeds below 25/3 Mbps (download/upload) or latency less than or equal to 100 milliseconds.
Sourced from the FCC Broadband Funding Map, this data includes a label of which locations have been awarded federal funding – what program and awardees. Programs include: RDOF, CAF, etc. and will include BEAD.
A flag indicating whether a location that falls under an existing federal funding program is covered or uncovered with funding, and with residential or business services using licensed fixed wireless or wired technologies (i.e., Copper, Cable, Fiber to the Premises, Licensed Fixed Wireless, or Licensed-by-Rule Fixed Wireless) with speeds of at least 25/3 Mbps or 100/20 Mbps.
U indicates opportunity = A location does not have access to speed tier.
Fiber Cost Model – Greenfield and Brownfield FTTP network builds, includes:
Access Investment – Provides investment to acquire, engineer and install a fiber access network.
Success Based Investment – Captures investment for Optical Network Terminal (ONT) and drop at the Fabric Location. This is the investment associated with connecting a specific customer location to the fiber network. Also referred to as success based investment.
NPV – The Net Present Value of a 20-year cash flow accounting for revenue, operating expense (network specific, non-network specific, customer operations, bad debt, and general administration), capital expenses (income tax and replacement capex), and initial capex with discount rate of 8.5 percent. Fiber network design assumes a carrier agnostic network.
Fixed Wireless Cost Model for Greenfield and Brownfield network builds, includes:
Access Investment – Provides investment to acquire, engineer, and install a new Fixed Wireless broadband network.
Success Based Investment – Captures investment for Fixed Wireless materials and labor at the customer premises: router, antenna, cabling, etc. This is the investment associated with connecting a customer location to the fixed wireless network. Also referred to as success based investment.
NPV – The Net Present Value of a 20-year cash flow accounting for revenue, operating expense (network specific, non-network specific, customer operations, bad debt, and general administration), capital expenses (income tax and replacement capex), and initial capex with discount rate of 8.5%.
This data value provides the Wireless 5G cost profile for the area the Fabric Location resides in. Indicates whether a location falls in an area that is in the highest to lowest cost range of the country.
As examples: a value of 10 means the location falls in an area that is in the lowest 10% of the country; a value of 75 means the location falls in an area where the cost is in the highest 75% range of the country.
Residential and Non-Residential Fiber Take Rate (Market Share):
An estimate of the projected market share that a new fiber entrant will experience with residential and non-residential customers in the area. The rate takes into account the level and type of competition.
A complexity score for each location for greenfield and brownfield fiber network builds. The scoring value incorporates linear density, terrain, cost differentials, large area density, distance to a central core, and other factors.
Includes residential and business demographics such Avg HH Size, Median income, Education, Age, Linear density of Fabric location per road and square mile, tower count, etc.
Includes the number of Fabric locations identified as NonK12Schools, Medical, Library, Government, Non Government, Public Safety, K12Schools, EB (College Campuses, Military bases and Prisons, etc.).
Includes all Active Locations and federally defined Broadband Serviceable Locations, their coordinates, addresses, unique Location_ID, building types (residential, business, CAI, etc.), units, land use, Hex 3 identifier, etc.
Active Locations represents ALL locations that have been determined to be broadband serviceable – a structure where broadband service can be installed.
Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) represent locations that fall under the federal definition of a Broadband Serviceable Location.
Service Availability data of all Broadband Serviceable Locations. Includes technology (Fiber, Licensed and Unlicensed Fixed Wireless, Telco, Satellite, Cable), carriers, speed, a label if a location is considered unserved, underserved, and served, etc. Includes both BDC and NTIA Service Status.
BDC Service Availability Status represents the highest speed tier available per Fabric location from the FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC) program:
1, Served – broadband speed greater than 100 Mbps download x 20 Mbps upload
2, Underserved – broadband greater than 25 Mbps download x 3 Mbps upload but below Served
NTIA Service Availability Status represents locations that are served, underserved, and unserved based on the NTIA’s established service level requirements (excluding Unlicensed Fixed Wireless and Satellite, etc.):
1, Served – Access to a low-latency Fiber, Cable, Copper, or Licensed Terrestrial Fixed Wireless offering of speeds greater than or equal to 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) download and 20 Mbps upload, or 100/20 Mbps (download/upload).
2, Underserved – Access to more than 25/3 Mbps, but without access to broadband service offering speeds of 100/20 Mbps (download/upload).
3, Unserved – Without any Terrestrial Broadband Service or with internet service offering speeds below 25/3 Mbps (download/upload) or latency less than or equal to 100 milliseconds.
Sourced from the FCC Broadband Funding Map, this data includes a label of which locations have been awarded federal funding – what program and awardees. Programs include: RDOF, CAF, etc. and will include BEAD.
A flag indicating whether a location that falls under an existing federal funding program is covered or uncovered with funding, and with residential or business services using licensed fixed wireless or wired technologies (i.e., Copper, Cable, Fiber to the Premises, Licensed Fixed Wireless, or Licensed-by-Rule Fixed Wireless) with speeds of at least 25/3 Mbps or 100/20 Mbps.
U indicates opportunity = A location does not have access to speed tier.
Fiber Cost Model – Greenfield and Brownfield FTTP network builds, includes:
Access Investment – Provides investment to acquire, engineer and install a fiber access network.
Success Based Investment – Captures investment for Optical Network Terminal (ONT) and drop at the Fabric Location. This is the investment associated with connecting a specific customer location to the fiber network. Also referred to as success based investment.
NPV – The Net Present Value of a 20-year cash flow accounting for revenue, operating expense (network specific, non-network specific, customer operations, bad debt, and general administration), capital expenses (income tax and replacement capex), and initial capex with discount rate of 8.5 percent. Fiber network design assumes a carrier agnostic network.
Fixed Wireless Cost Model for Greenfield and Brownfield network builds, includes:
Access Investment – Provides investment to acquire, engineer, and install a new Fixed Wireless broadband network.
Success Based Investment – Captures investment for Fixed Wireless materials and labor at the customer premises: router, antenna, cabling, etc. This is the investment associated with connecting a customer location to the fixed wireless network. Also referred to as success based investment.
NPV – The Net Present Value of a 20-year cash flow accounting for revenue, operating expense (network specific, non-network specific, customer operations, bad debt, and general administration), capital expenses (income tax and replacement capex), and initial capex with discount rate of 8.5%.
This data value provides the Wireless 5G cost profile for the area the Fabric Location resides in. Indicates whether a location falls in an area that is in the highest to lowest cost range of the country.
As examples: a value of 10 means the location falls in an area that is in the lowest 10% of the country; a value of 75 means the location falls in an area where the cost is in the highest 75% range of the country.
Residential and Non-Residential Fiber Take Rate (Market Share):
An estimate of the projected market share that a new fiber entrant will experience with residential and non-residential customers in the area. The rate takes into account the level and type of competition.
A complexity score for each location for greenfield and brownfield fiber network builds. The scoring value incorporates linear density, terrain, cost differentials, large area density, distance to a central core, and other factors.
Includes residential and business demographics such Avg HH Size, Median income, Education, Age, Linear density of Fabric location per road and square mile, tower count, etc.
Includes the number of Fabric locations identified as NonK12Schools, Medical, Library, Government, Non Government, Public Safety, K12Schools, EB (College Campuses, Military bases and Prisons, etc.).
Includes all Active Locations and federally defined Broadband Serviceable Locations, their coordinates, addresses, unique Location_ID, building types (residential, business, CAI, etc.), units, land use, Hex 3 identifier, etc.
Active Locations represents ALL locations that have been determined to be broadband serviceable – a structure where broadband service can be installed.
Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) represent locations that fall under the federal definition of a Broadband Serviceable Location.
Service Availability data of all Broadband Serviceable Locations. Includes technology (Fiber, Licensed and Unlicensed Fixed Wireless, Telco, Satellite, Cable), carriers, speed, a label if a location is considered unserved, underserved, and served, etc. Includes both BDC and NTIA Service Status.
BDC Service Availability Status represents the highest speed tier available per Fabric location from the FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC) program:
1, Served – broadband speed greater than 100 Mbps download x 20 Mbps upload
2, Underserved – broadband greater than 25 Mbps download x 3 Mbps upload but below Served
NTIA Service Availability Status represents locations that are served, underserved, and unserved based on the NTIA’s established service level requirements (excluding Unlicensed Fixed Wireless and Satellite, etc.):
1, Served – Access to a low-latency Fiber, Cable, Copper, or Licensed Terrestrial Fixed Wireless offering of speeds greater than or equal to 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) download and 20 Mbps upload, or 100/20 Mbps (download/upload).
2, Underserved – Access to more than 25/3 Mbps, but without access to broadband service offering speeds of 100/20 Mbps (download/upload).
3, Unserved – Without any Terrestrial Broadband Service or with internet service offering speeds below 25/3 Mbps (download/upload) or latency less than or equal to 100 milliseconds.
Sourced from the FCC Broadband Funding Map, this data includes a label of which locations have been awarded federal funding – what program and awardees. Programs include: RDOF, CAF, etc. and will include BEAD.
A flag indicating whether a location that falls under an existing federal funding program is covered or uncovered with funding, and with residential or business services using licensed fixed wireless or wired technologies (i.e., Copper, Cable, Fiber to the Premises, Licensed Fixed Wireless, or Licensed-by-Rule Fixed Wireless) with speeds of at least 25/3 Mbps or 100/20 Mbps.
U indicates opportunity = A location does not have access to speed tier.
Fiber Cost Model – Greenfield and Brownfield FTTP network builds, includes:
Access Investment – Provides investment to acquire, engineer and install a fiber access network.
Success Based Investment – Captures investment for Optical Network Terminal (ONT) and drop at the Fabric Location. This is the investment associated with connecting a specific customer location to the fiber network. Also referred to as success based investment.
NPV – The Net Present Value of a 20-year cash flow accounting for revenue, operating expense (network specific, non-network specific, customer operations, bad debt, and general administration), capital expenses (income tax and replacement capex), and initial capex with discount rate of 8.5 percent. Fiber network design assumes a carrier agnostic network.
Fixed Wireless Cost Model for Greenfield and Brownfield network builds, includes:
Access Investment – Provides investment to acquire, engineer, and install a new Fixed Wireless broadband network.
Success Based Investment – Captures investment for Fixed Wireless materials and labor at the customer premises: router, antenna, cabling, etc. This is the investment associated with connecting a customer location to the fixed wireless network. Also referred to as success based investment.
NPV – The Net Present Value of a 20-year cash flow accounting for revenue, operating expense (network specific, non-network specific, customer operations, bad debt, and general administration), capital expenses (income tax and replacement capex), and initial capex with discount rate of 8.5%.
This data value provides the Wireless 5G cost profile for the area the Fabric Location resides in. Indicates whether a location falls in an area that is in the highest to lowest cost range of the country.
As examples: a value of 10 means the location falls in an area that is in the lowest 10% of the country; a value of 75 means the location falls in an area where the cost is in the highest 75% range of the country.
Residential and Non-Residential Fiber Take Rate (Market Share):
An estimate of the projected market share that a new fiber entrant will experience with residential and non-residential customers in the area. The rate takes into account the level and type of competition.
A complexity score for each location for greenfield and brownfield fiber network builds. The scoring value incorporates linear density, terrain, cost differentials, large area density, distance to a central core, and other factors.
Includes residential and business demographics such Avg HH Size, Median income, Education, Age, Linear density of Fabric location per road and square mile, tower count, etc.
Includes the number of Fabric locations identified as NonK12Schools, Medical, Library, Government, Non Government, Public Safety, K12Schools, EB (College Campuses, Military bases and Prisons, etc.).
The BroadbandFabric Location dataset contains over 115 million individual location structures across the U.S., where fixed broadband internet access service is, or can be installed. CostQuest first captures the structure on each parcel of land, identifies the exact coordinates, ties an address, and adds additional information per location. CostQuest’s Broadband Serviceable Locations include residential, business, multi-dwelling units, CAI, agricultural, and other location types. This dataset ties easily with other datasets using a universal location ID. CostQuest’s Broadband Serviceable locations acts as the base dataset for which all CostQuest’s other data layers rest upon.
The BroadbandFabric ServiceLandscape dataset includes Broadband Serviceable Location data layered with service availability information from the FCC’s Broadband Data Collection, including technology and carrier information, along with federally funded information. Idenitfy where business development, network expansion, and funding opportunities exist by understanding exactly where end-user locations are located, if they’re unserved, underserved, and served, what carriers and technology exist in the area, which locations fall within a federal subsidy program area, and more.
The BroadbandFabric NetworkPlan dataset contains Broadband Serviceable Location data layered with insightful information you can use to advise network planning and design, and support internal business operations. This dataset can enhance your analysis of each location’s geographic profile, service availability, carriers and technologies available, cost to serve, take rate, federally funded information, demographics, build complexity, natural hazards, and more. The NetworkPlan data is especially useful in helping identify business development and broadband expansion opportunities relative to existing service areas, while also helping you develop confident Fixed Wireless and Fiber cost models, assess the cost profile of 5G deployments, and much more. This comprehensive dataset layers all the data you need into one dataset so you don’t have to, and equips you with the information you need to be successful when developing network plans and designs for broadband deployment projects. And/or apply for federal funding opportunities (ex. IIJA’s BEAD funding program), while mitigating potential project risks along the way. You can also use BroadbandFabric data to clean up customer billing and other internal business systems and more.
With over 115+ million locations identified, each location represents either a residential, business, community anchor institution, governmental, and agriculture structures where a broadband connection is or can be installed. With the option to tie more broadband-specific attributes to each location that is built by broadband experts to enhance the analysis of each location to better support network planning, opportunity assessments, location qualification, policy, regulation, and sales and marketing broadband initiatives.
Confirm geographic accuracy
BroadbandFabric datasets, except for CBG Ops Assessment, provides the exact geographic placement of each location, by first pinpointing structures of locations through highly accurate latitude and longitude coordinates, then using visual verification methods for added confidence.
Universal Location IDs Compatible with Federal Programs
The Location ID tied to each location in all the BroadbandFabric Data Suites align with the Location IDs in the FCC’s Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric for the Broadband Data Collection and National Broadband Map programs. These locations also align with the data used for select federal broadband funding programs.
Easy import & interoperability with other datasets & applications
All BroadbandFabric datasets come in a .CSV file format that can easily import into any major GIS or visualization software, network planning tools, SQL, or related applications. This data integrates easily with other data by using a unique location ID, which is a universal location identifier that can support aligning other datasets with the locations in the BroadbandFabric data.
Other Custom Data
Custom Fiber Business Case Data
The custom Fiber Business Case data provides users with comprehensive financial data that provides accurate cost estimates and revenue projections for broadband professionals to precisely understand the full market opportunity for deploying a typical Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) network buildout to a defined service area, the success-based capital needed, Net Present Value, identify where funding is most required, and the cost to maintain the network business over time.
This data provides users with a full Fiber Business Case for a custom geographic area.
Users indicate their defined service area, and we will deliver custom Business Case data for that area.
The full Business Case includes the cost to maintain the business over time, plus an estimate of demand and revenue, and success-based capital.
The custom Business Case data also provides the Net Present Value look of the potential service area. With this information, users can understand the full market opportunity for deploying a typical Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) network buildout to a defined service area and identify where funding is most required.
Click the button below to learn more about CostQuest’s custom Fiber Business Case Model data.
Custom Fiber Network Design from our CQA Autodesign model
This data includes fiber routes to Broadband Serviceable Locations (demand) and logical placements of equipment along the way.
We also will provide you with an efficient clustering and a full GIS design output ready for approval from a Professional Engineer.
Broadband-specific, precise and simple.
After 20+ years of broadband planning, economic network modeling, and mapping, we understand the challenges that come with limited access to quality and granular data. These Data Suites were created with a simple aim – to deliver broadband-specific, precise, and simple data solutions to support:
Building broadband maps
Network planning & design
Identifying expansion opportunities
Syncing customer billing systems
Syncing data used across business departments
Creating cost to serve & profitability models
Assessing competition & service availability
Funding Program analysis & applications
Fulfilling reporting requirements
Provisioning of addresses
Informing sales and marketing initiatives and more
How CostQuest Identifies Broadband Serviceable Locations
With over 115 million total locations across the U.S., CostQuest’s Broadband Serviceable Locations are defined as residential, business, CAI, agricultural, and other locations where fixed broadband internet access service is, or can be installed. To identify these structures, see the process pictured below.
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 county.
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.
Step 3
Import-ready data files are delivered securely
We’ll deliver the BroadbandFabric data files via a secure portal, in .CSV file format for you to upload into any major GIS, SQL, or software of your choice. All orders come with access to our customer success team, to ensure you have what you need to be successful with the data.
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