Correct but then it still has to be converted from a paper map to a GIS readable format and someone has to go around to all the communities and gather that information :-) We're having a hard enough time getting the WISP footprints.....
Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com> -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]on Behalf Of Chuck Bartosch Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:21 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Coverage area of the competition On Feb 5, 2009, at 12:41 PM, jp wrote: > 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 wouldn't expect all of them too, especially with older out of date 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. Every town I've got a presence in where cable is also present has a cable map as part of the franchise agreement. This is FOILable information, though I've never had to do more than ask for it. Chuck > 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: wireless@wispa.org >> >> 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: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------- Chuck Bartosch Clarity Connect, Inc. 200 Pleasant Grove Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 257-8268 If all is not lost, where is it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org 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: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
