I could generate the actual deployed cable footprint around the US and can come pretty close to the DSL footprint as well. The data is not readily available and it is labor intensive to create. To purchase the information on the Telco side is probably about $1,500 to $3,000 per state and as far as I am aware the only cable data available is the franchise area boundaries not the deployed footprint.
Thank You, Brian Webster 214 Eggleston Hill Rd. Cooperstown, NY 13326 (607) 643-4055 Office (607) 435-3988 Mobile (208) 692-1898 Fax www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com> -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:01 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Coverage area of the competition I was thinking NANPA or someone like that would have the telco maps. I'm not necessarily talking about what's in DSL reach, but what's the information for their CO. I have attached the kind of map that can be generated from this kind of data. I'm sure Brian could work his GIS magic if we were able to locate the raw data. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "jp" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:41 AM To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Coverage area of the competition > The Cable companies do CAD/GIS drawings prior to rebuilds and > construction so the subcontractors know what goes where and to obtain > pole access and make ready work. I'm sure these drawings are not > publicly accessible, and they'd probably not want to share them. > > Some phone companies have similar maps for their facilities, but I > wouldn't expect all of them too, especially with older out of date > facilities. They generally like facilities information kept confidential > as proprietary information when working with state government here. > > With cable, it's extra tough to estimate coverage without detailed > street level coverage maps. A big market of ours is (besides satellite > TV choosers), places where cable doesn't go. If someone lives on a long > road, driveway or sparesely populated street, cable is not cost > effective to deliver there, and the construction charges can easily cost > a property owner 5 digit figures. Of course, wireless has coverage gaps > as well, but technical software like radio mobile can estimate that to > some extent. > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:02:41AM -0600, Mike Hammett wrote: >> How can we get what the coverage area is of the telcos, cablecos, and >> cell phones? I'm not necessarily referring to homes passed, but on a >> CO, headend, or tower level. I know I've seen references to GIS data >> for COs. Cell phone towers should be publically accessible somewhere >> in ULS. >> >> With the latest update from Brian, WISPs cover 743,456 square miles. >> The entire US is 3,794,066. That's 20%. If you exclude Alaska and >> Hawaii which are not covered in Brian's map and make up 674,198 square >> miles, that's 3,119,868. That puts us at 24% of the continental US. >> >> I think it would go a long way to say that WISPs provide more >> broadband coverage than x company provides services period, including >> areas they cannot provide broadband. >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > /* > Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL > KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting > http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ > */ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
