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yshrestha
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yshrestha
6y ago
Thank you for the suggestion! I actually used the tool myself for my own house hunt. I disliked all the tools out there for the reason you mentioned. I will write an article about my journey in the future.
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yshrestha
6y ago
It certainly does require you to verify coverage. However, it is a good heuristic to see if you are in the right spot. For my area in Denver it has been quite accurate. I recently found a 5 acre homestead property with fiber next door. I en
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yshrestha
6y ago
Indeed. The data is only on a census block level and could have false positives and negatives. Unfortunately, the data is not more granular than the census block level.
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yshrestha
6y ago
Yes. It is a more convenient way to search addresses in bulk. Also makes it easier to identify possible speeds within 500 feet. This is actually how I found my acreage homestead.
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yshrestha
6y ago
Bummer. Admittedly, it is working off of incomplete and possibly old data. The data requires ISPs to self report.
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yshrestha
6y ago
Unfortunately, I am using the FCC form 477 data which is only valid in the US. Do you know of a similar dateset in the UK?
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yshrestha
6y ago
Sure thing. I am using the FCC form 477 data. Unfortunately it relies on ISPs self reporting their coverage data so it may not be fully up to date.
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yshrestha
6y ago
I will have to check to see what the FCC provides. Are you interested in any data in particular?
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yshrestha
6y ago
Co-founder of Innolitics chiming in here While this is undoubtedly one take on the subject, allow me to give you another perspective: One of my friends had an MRI taken for suspected nasopharyngeal cancer. The physician that read the scan d