I've found the Verizon qualification tool is very accurate in my area, I was just hoping for an easy answer with Comcast too. I will have a look at the shapefiles from the National Broadband Map as suggested since that would be a valuable resource in the future. It will be good to get a sense of how reliable the data is here.
I ended up contacting the cable committees for a couple of the towns, and they actually have maps of the Comcast coverage since they are regularly negotiation with Comcast trying to get them to expand. They are typically paper maps, but they're happy to share, so I'll get the information I need without having to drive too far up front. Thanks - Chris On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 6:41 PM, Brian Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > If they do have a place you can qualify addresses they will cut you off > after so many lookups from a particular IP address. We is to prevent web > scraping efforts. Even with those tools they are not very accurate. I have > run in to cases when their customer service say they do not service an area > yet the local market guys know in fact they do. It’s another case of > garbage in and garbage out from the database. > > > > If you have GIS tools you can download the shape files for your state at > the national broadband map web site. It’s not perfect but it gives you > details down to the census block level. Census blocks are bordered by roads > typically and/or municipal boundaries. If you think it is overstated > consider the borders of the block and see if they might be serving a road > frontage on just one edge of the block. That method was not perfect but it > got the US a data set they never had before. There was no what in hell you > would ever get any telecom provider to give up their proprietary outside > plant maps. Errors in stated coverage will likely be near the edge of the > service area. When looking at the maps you could probably consider the > coverage is really just inside the blocks on the border areas. > > > > Having built the national broadband map data for Illinois for all carriers > and examined the data from just about every other state, it’s as good as > you are ever going to get without actually driving and looking on the > poles. If you need to know a specific neighborhood and don’t want to drive > it, use Google Street view and Bing street view images. So long as it’s > overhead plant you can see it on the poles. > > > > Thank You, > > Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com > > www.Broadband-Mapping.com > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Christopher Gray > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 04, 2015 1:14 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Checking Comcast Availability on a Per Address > Basis? > > > > It is all on poles. Driving is what I do now, it would just be nice to > import the data into my GIS system and have a quick visual. The next town > I'm looking at has nearly 80 road miles. > > > > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is the coax cable in the area on poles or buried? If it’s on poles, a > little driving might answer your question. > > > > *From:* Christopher Gray <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 04, 2015 7:16 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Checking Comcast Availability on a Per Address Basis? > > > > Does anyone know of a way to check Comcast service availability on a > per-address basis? I'd like to be able to check a list of addresses (text > file) and get information on the services available (text file with added > information). > > > > I can do this with Verizon services, but I'm considering moving into some > Comcast areas and would like to know the extent of their coverage. > > > > [When moving into an area, I like to check which competing services are > available. I only have to to deal with Verizon and Comcast, and they have > limited coverage in my area (typically only centers of towns, but not the > outskirts).] > > > > Thanks - Chris > > >
