The dataset displays broadband availability across the United States by CBSA. Broadband Availability is a new data offering that Nationwide Broadband GIS data that helps focus on service expansion and percentage availability in areas where there is room for growth and access. Others can use this data for in-depth analysis in a variety of ways to better understand the infrastructure landscape when combined with other GeoTel datasets.

Specifications

Pricing
Set price and sold as complete data set

Geographic Coverage
Country

Updates
By Subscription: Semi-Annually

Source
GeoTel Communications, LLC

Unit of Sale
Country

Coverage
Coverage includes the U.S. 50 states; D.C.

Attributes and Table Structure
The Broadband Availability layer contains the following attributes:

Name – County Name
State_Name – State of the United States
FIPS – Unique Identifier for County
POP2000 – 2000 Census Total County Population
POP2005 – 2005 Census Total County Population
POP2010 – 2010 Census Total County Population
HOUSEHOLDS – Number of Persons Occupying a Housing Unit
AVE_HH_SZ – Ratio of Total Population to Total Number of Households
VACANT – Number of Housing Units Not Occupied
SQMI – Persons Per Square Mile
Percentage – Percentage of Broadband Coverage