Well right, but it won't give lat\long for the boundaries of the CO coverage.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "jp" <j...@saucer.midcoast.com> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:48 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Coverage area of the competition > 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" <j...@saucer.midcoast.com> >> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:41 AM >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> 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wouldn't expect all of them too, especially with older out of date 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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