On Feb 5, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Brian Webster wrote: > 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.
The cable maps I've gotten from the towns I've asked for it in have always been the street level data, not the outer boundaries. Chuck > > > > > 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 wouldn't expect all of them too, especially with older out of date 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! 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