Broadband Mapping and Data

CostQuest Describes How It Handles Unexpected Hurdles

The company creating the nation’s broadband location database confronts recurring data challenges.

Jericho Casper

Jericho Casper

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CostQuest Describes How It Handles Unexpected Hurdles
Photo of Jim Stegeman, President and CEO of CostQuest Associates, from the company.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2026 – Even one of the nation’s leading broadband mapping vendors, CostQuest Associates, runs into unexpected challenges.

That’s the message that CostQuest President and CEO Jim Stegeman delivered on Thursday as he addressed concerns from stakeholders who had successfully challenged the classification of locations within its Broadband Serviceable Location (BSL) Fabric, only to see the issues reappear in subsequent data releases.

The fabric is the foundational location database used across several federal broadband expansion programs.

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