Telcodata.us is a source for CO information. On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 12:00:54PM -0600, Mike Hammett wrote: > 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wouldn't expect all of them too, especially with older out of date 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/ > >
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