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CostQuest's BroadbandFabric Data Suites

Get coordinate/address-level location data layered with insightful data attributes to help you make effective broadband-related decisions.

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About the BroadbandFabric Data Suites

Using CostQuest’s core Broadband Serviceable Location data, tied directly to federal initiatives, CostQuest created the BroadbandFabric Data Suites which are Geographic Information System (GIS) location datasets at the coordinate/address-level, that come with insightful broadband-specific data attributes per each location, such as BDC service availability data, addresses, building type, federally funded areas, cost to serve, competition, demographics, and MORE. Built by broadband experts, the BroadbandFabric Data Suites provides service providers, engineers, consultants, and government entities with quality and reliable data they can use to effectively inform broadband deployment, business planning, and policy decisions. Data is available for all U.S. counties, states, and territories.

CostQuest’s BroadbandFabric Data Suites

Each BroadbandFabric dataset comes in an Excel .CSV file format and can be imported into any major GIS application, visualization software, network planning tool, SQL, or other related applications. Built by broadband experts and blended with machine learning, each BroadbandFabric dataset it built to be the perfect guide for broadband deployment planning, policy, regulation, and funding distribution decisions. With this data, you have the option to build a broadband map, fill customer database gaps, identify expansion opportunities, cost to serve, assess competition, service availability, federally funded areas, fulfill reporting requirements, qualify locations, inform sales and marketing initiatives, network plan, and design networks with precise data built to inform these initiatives intelligently.   

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An example a Census Block with Broadband Serviceable Locations from CostQuest's BroadbandFabric data
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STRONG FOUNDATION OF ROOFTOP LEVEL LOCATION DATA TO SHOW USER LOCATIONS

Each BroadbandFabric dataset contains a core base of Broadband Serviceable Locations (the coordinates of all structures where a broadband connection can be installed) and provides you with the level of granularity needed to identify end-user Broadband Serviceable 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 Broadband Serviceable Locations, the number of users, helps support opportunity analysis and precise cost planning, and more.

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. In each BroadbandFabric dataset, every location has the option to tie with insightful information such as BDC Service Availability data, Engineering and Construction, Costs and Economics, and Demand and Demographic data you can rely on to support your critical decision-making. With this data all wrapped into one dataset, you can be equipped with all the information you need to make intelligent and effective network and business decisions with confidence.

BUILT BY BROADBAND & DATA SCIENCE EXPERTS YOU CAN RELY ON

Congress, federal agencies, service providers, and other organizations in the telecom industry, rely 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 CostQuest’s granular geospatial Fabric data supports the Broadband Data Collection, National Broadband Map, and broadband funding programs. CostQuest’s work is reviewed regularly, withstanding 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.

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EXPLORE THE BROADBANDFABRIC DATA SUITES

BroadbandFabric Data Suite

The BroadbandFabric Location dataset contains over 114 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.
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BroadbandFabric Data Suite

The BroadbandFabric ServiceLandscape dataset includes Broadband Serviceable Location data layered with service availability information from the FCC’s Broadband Data Collection, competitor landscape, and federally funded areas. 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 competitors exist in the area, which locations fall within a federal subsidy program area, and more.
What the Broadband Serviceable Locations Dataset looks like in a Geographic Information System (GIS)
The BroadbandFabric NetworkPlan dataset contains Broadband Serviceable Location data layered with insightful information you can use to advise network planning and design. This dataset can enhance your analysis of each location’s broadband service availability, cost to serve, competition, demand, federally funded areas, demographics, build complexity, and identify location types such as residences, businesses, Community Anchor Institutions (schools, libraries, medical facilities, government buildings, etc.), agriculture structures, and more. The NetworkPlan data is especially useful in helping you identify business development and broadband expansion opportunities relative to your exisitng service area, while also helping you develop confident Fixed Wireless, Fiber, or 5G costs to servce per location. This comprehensive dataset 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.
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CostQuest's BroadbandFabric NetworkPlan data in a GIS
Get data that provides you with a complete assessment of the full market opportunity of expanding broadband service within a defined Census Block Group for a Fiber, Fixed Wireless, 5G, or all 3 network build-outs. The BroadbandFabric CBG Ops Assement data enables you to assess the economic viability of deploying service between Fixed Wireless, Fiber, and 5G technologies. This data is delivered at the Census Block level instead of a Broadband Serviceable Location point level, to provide a low cost BroadbandFabric option, that still allows you to receive a precise count of Broadband Serviceable Locations that will match federal funding program counts, and provide a high-level view of the essential information you need to develop effective decisions related to broadband initiatives.
BroadbandFabric CBG Ops Assessment
An example of a Census Block Group for assessment purposes
Provides governments with the comprehensive data they need to support a State Broadband Program, develop a granular and precise broadband map of service availability per location, and inform key policy decisions regarding broadband deployment. This dataset comes with the precise coordinates of Broadband Serviceable Locations that are universally tied to other key data attributes per location, such as BDC Service Availability, Engineering and Construction, Costs and Economics, and Demand and Demographics data to enhance the analysis per location for effective decision-making. This data has multiple uses, including broadband mapping, network planning, design, cost modeling, funding program assessment, funding area determination, deployment validation, and broadband program management.
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GIS view of service availability of New Hampshire
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Get broadband-specific data intelligence

With over 114+ 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, visualization software, network planning tool, SQL, or related applications. Data is available for every U.S. state, county, and territory. In the table below, “x” indicates which data fields are included in a particular data suite package.

Learn more about the BroadbandFabric Data Layers
BroadbandFabric Data SuitesBroadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs)BDC-BSL Flag H3 Location IDsBuilding Type: Residence, Business, Community, Agriculture, etc.Community Anchor InstitutionsAddressesUnit CountHUBB USAC Locations BDC Landscape (service availability + carrier information)Federally Funded AreasBuild Complexity ScoringFiber Cost ModelFixed Wireless Cost Model5G Cost Model (in development)Fiber Business CaseResidential & Business Demand and Demographics
(US Census 2020)		Fiber Adoption & Take Rate EstimationNetwork Auto Design
Locationxxxxxxx*x*CUSTOM BUILT*CUSTOM BUILT
ServiceLandscapexxxxxxx*xxx*CUSTOM BUILT*CUSTOM BUILT
NetworkPlan xxxxxxx*xxxxxx*CUSTOM BUILTxx*CUSTOM BUILT
CBG Opportunity Assessmentxxxx*CUSTOM BUILTxx
StatePlanxxxxxxxxxxxx*CUSTOM BUILTxx*CUSTOM BUILT
* Data you can add-on (not included in general data suite purchase)

Custom data you can add on

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.

About 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 various business planning, broadband deployment, network design, policy, regulation, and reporting challenges due to lack of reliable data.

How CostQuest identifies locations – a.k.a Broadband Serviceable Locations

With over 114 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 or click the button for more information on the location identification process.

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Data sources CostQuest uses to find Broadband Serviceable Location.

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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 county.

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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 a Census Block with Broadband Serviceable Locations from CostQuest's BroadbandFabric data

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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