Broadband Data
Should Incumbents or Independents Participate in Broadband Mapping Treasure?
WASHINGTON, October 12, 2009 – Carl Weinschenck, writing in IT Business Edge, speaks about “Broadband Mapping: Treasure for a New Age.” Carl discusses the rash of interest in broadband data and mapping since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, in February 2009, and highlights the work of several data companies. Among the companies highlighted are Ridgeview Telecom, Connected Nation, and BroadbandCensus.com.
WASHINGTON, October 12, 2009 – Carl Weinschenck, writing in IT Business Edge, speaks about “Broadband Mapping: Treasure for a New Age.” Carl discusses the rash of interest in broadband data and mapping since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, in February 2009, and highlights the work of several data companies. Among the companies highlighted are Ridgeview Telecom, Connected Nation, and BroadbandCensus.com.
Here’s an excerpt of what he writes:
Critics are not shy about saying that something untoward is going on. Vince Jordan, the president and CEO of broadband engineering, construction and management firm RidgeviewTel, says that Connected Nation isn’t doing a thorough job. “These guys basically are taking whatever the telco and cable guys feed them and regurgitate it, and say that’s where the coverage is,” he says.
Data that is given by carriers to the broadband mapping companies is protected under non-disclosure agreements. Thus, actual cases in which speeds are overstated are impossible to identify. But appearances are vital. Drew Clark, the editor and executive director of BroadbandCensus, a news and commercial data services organization, says he believes that the telecommunications carriers shouldn’t be in the broadband mapping business, even indirectly.
“I personally believe that broadband data needs to be collected independently of the carriers and incumbent interests,” he says. “You need to have an alternative to a group that is focused on the incumbents to get independent measures of broadband data.”
On another note, the BroadbandBestPractices.org website, recently launched by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, offers a handy reference guide to broadband data and mapping companies. Their list includes:
- Apex CoVantage
- BroadbandCensus.com
- Connected Nation
- CostQuest Associates
- e-NC Authority
- Rolka Loube Saltzer Associates
- Sanborn Map Company, Inc.
- Solix Inc.
- Summit Technologies
- Telcordia Technologies
- Telogical Systems
- Vermont Center for Geographic Information
The complete contact information for the various companies is available here.
Broadband Data
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WASHINGTON, October 12, 2009 – Carl Weinschenck, writing in IT Business Edge, speaks about “Broadband Mapping: Treasure for a New Age.” Carl discusses the rash of interest in broadband data and mapping since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, in February 2009, and highlights the work of several data companies. Among the companies highlighted are Ridgeview Telecom, Connected Nation, and BroadbandCensus.com.
Here’s an excerpt of what he writes:
Critics are not shy about saying that something untoward is going on. Vince Jordan, the president and CEO of broadband engineering, construction and management firm RidgeviewTel, says that Connected Nation isn’t doing a thorough job. “These guys basically are taking whatever the telco and cable guys feed them and regurgitate it, and say that’s where the coverage is,” he says.
Data that is given by carriers to the broadband mapping companies is protected under non-disclosure agreements. Thus, actual cases in which speeds are overstated are impossible to identify. But appearances are vital. Drew Clark, the editor and executive director of BroadbandCensus, a news and commercial data services organization, says he believes that the telecommunications carriers shouldn’t be in the broadband mapping business, even indirectly.
“I personally believe that broadband data needs to be collected independently of the carriers and incumbent interests,” he says. “You need to have an alternative to a group that is focused on the incumbents to get independent measures of broadband data.”
On another note, the BroadbandBestPractices.org website, recently launched by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, offers a handy reference guide to broadband data and mapping companies. Their list includes:
- Apex CoVantage
- BroadbandCensus.com
- Connected Nation
- CostQuest Associates
- e-NC Authority
- Rolka Loube Saltzer Associates
- Sanborn Map Company, Inc.
- Solix Inc.
- Summit Technologies
- Telcordia Technologies
- Telogical Systems
- Vermont Center for Geographic Information
The complete contact information for the various companies is available here.
Broadband Data
Broadband Breakfast Interview with Tyler Cooper and Jenna Tanberk about Open Data Set from Broadband Now

WASHINGTON, October 12, 2009 – Carl Weinschenck, writing in IT Business Edge, speaks about “Broadband Mapping: Treasure for a New Age.” Carl discusses the rash of interest in broadband data and mapping since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, in February 2009, and highlights the work of several data companies. Among the companies highlighted are Ridgeview Telecom, Connected Nation, and BroadbandCensus.com.
Here’s an excerpt of what he writes:
Critics are not shy about saying that something untoward is going on. Vince Jordan, the president and CEO of broadband engineering, construction and management firm RidgeviewTel, says that Connected Nation isn’t doing a thorough job. “These guys basically are taking whatever the telco and cable guys feed them and regurgitate it, and say that’s where the coverage is,” he says.
Data that is given by carriers to the broadband mapping companies is protected under non-disclosure agreements. Thus, actual cases in which speeds are overstated are impossible to identify. But appearances are vital. Drew Clark, the editor and executive director of BroadbandCensus, a news and commercial data services organization, says he believes that the telecommunications carriers shouldn’t be in the broadband mapping business, even indirectly.
“I personally believe that broadband data needs to be collected independently of the carriers and incumbent interests,” he says. “You need to have an alternative to a group that is focused on the incumbents to get independent measures of broadband data.”
On another note, the BroadbandBestPractices.org website, recently launched by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, offers a handy reference guide to broadband data and mapping companies. Their list includes:
- Apex CoVantage
- BroadbandCensus.com
- Connected Nation
- CostQuest Associates
- e-NC Authority
- Rolka Loube Saltzer Associates
- Sanborn Map Company, Inc.
- Solix Inc.
- Summit Technologies
- Telcordia Technologies
- Telogical Systems
- Vermont Center for Geographic Information
The complete contact information for the various companies is available here.
Africa
Lorraine Kipling: Broadband Affordability Around the World Reflects a Global Digital Divide

WASHINGTON, October 12, 2009 – Carl Weinschenck, writing in IT Business Edge, speaks about “Broadband Mapping: Treasure for a New Age.” Carl discusses the rash of interest in broadband data and mapping since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, in February 2009, and highlights the work of several data companies. Among the companies highlighted are Ridgeview Telecom, Connected Nation, and BroadbandCensus.com.
Here’s an excerpt of what he writes:
Critics are not shy about saying that something untoward is going on. Vince Jordan, the president and CEO of broadband engineering, construction and management firm RidgeviewTel, says that Connected Nation isn’t doing a thorough job. “These guys basically are taking whatever the telco and cable guys feed them and regurgitate it, and say that’s where the coverage is,” he says.
Data that is given by carriers to the broadband mapping companies is protected under non-disclosure agreements. Thus, actual cases in which speeds are overstated are impossible to identify. But appearances are vital. Drew Clark, the editor and executive director of BroadbandCensus, a news and commercial data services organization, says he believes that the telecommunications carriers shouldn’t be in the broadband mapping business, even indirectly.
“I personally believe that broadband data needs to be collected independently of the carriers and incumbent interests,” he says. “You need to have an alternative to a group that is focused on the incumbents to get independent measures of broadband data.”
On another note, the BroadbandBestPractices.org website, recently launched by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, offers a handy reference guide to broadband data and mapping companies. Their list includes:
- Apex CoVantage
- BroadbandCensus.com
- Connected Nation
- CostQuest Associates
- e-NC Authority
- Rolka Loube Saltzer Associates
- Sanborn Map Company, Inc.
- Solix Inc.
- Summit Technologies
- Telcordia Technologies
- Telogical Systems
- Vermont Center for Geographic Information
The complete contact information for the various companies is available here.
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