i'm pondering how one might go about figuring out broadband penetration rates in small-scale areas - ZIP codes or census tracts - for a large US city...
the FCC Section 706 reports have time series data on whether broadband is available in each ZIP code in the country and the # of carriers offering it - but this is pretty much useless because all urban ZIP codes have at least 1 carrier and 1 subscriber... there's no additional detail the only study im aware of that's tried to crack this nut was done by the Metropolitan Planning Council of Chicago in 2004. they used a local telecom consultant to do a phone survey of about 2500 small businesses. this is one option, but a rather costly one. has anyone seen this type of analysis done elsewhere? what were the methodologies? are there 3rd party data providers that have this information? thanks for any advice.... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TELECOM-CITIES Current searchable archives (Feb. 1, 2006 to present) at http://www.mail-archive.com/telecom-cities@forums.nyu.edu/ Old searchble archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/telecom-cities@googlegroups.com/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
