1 Introduction

Strategic Networks Group provides broadband market reports for your geographical area, whether it be a small community or an entire state. These reports combine data from multiple public, private, and proprietary data sets to give you insight. Available reports include:

BroadbandAnalyzer® Overview Report Buy Now! - An overview of the broadband landscape in the geographic region, including the number of households with unmet broadband needs, and the estimated costs to build the required infrastructure to remediate gaps in broadband coverage.
BroadbandAnalyzer® Scoping Report (this report)- This report provides the information you need to understand the scope of funding required from grants, private equity, or other sources needed to build the broadband infrastructure require to fill gaps in service.
- Detailed census-block level broadband service information, including number and percent served and unserved for each speed tiers
- Eligibility for state and federal funding
- Existing funding awards
- Locations of community anchor institutions (educational institutions, police and fire stations, medical facilities),
- Locations of cellular and radio antenna towers
BroadbandAnalyzer® Planning Report Buy Now!- This report provides the information needed to develop specific funding and deployment plans to provide broadband to your geographic region. It adds the ability to export standard spreadsheet and geographical data files with entries for each census block or hex grid including filters for cost category and speed tier.

This rich information allows you to address key questions, including:
- Which service locations have sufficient density to be economically viable for unsubsidized commercial fiber service vs requiring subsidies for commercial fiber service?
- Which service locations would be better served by fixed wireless service?
- What community institutions could be included in a community fiber deployment?
- What community institutions could be leveraged to help provide fixed wireless broadband service?

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1.1 Definitions

For the purpose of this report, broadband is defined as 25 megabits per second (Mbps) download speed and 3 Mbps upload speed (25/3), since that is the current federal definition of broadband.

It is important to note that federal funds being used to deploy new broadband service require at least 100/20 speeds to qualify for subsidy. Broadband serviceable locations without access to 25/3 broadband service are considered unserved and are the top priority for NTIA BEAD funding. Broadband serviceable locations without access to 100/20 broadband service are considered underserved and are the second priority for NTIA BEAD funding. Households with 100/100 broadband are considered to be served with future-proof service, although it is recognized that service in excess of 1000/1000 is being deployed in many areas and should be considered a high-value asset.

1.2 Overview

This report addresses broadband availability in Stanly County, North Carolina.

This county contains 1,726 census blocks, representing 61,354 individuals and 27,685 homes spanning 384.0701 square miles, excluding census blocks containing zero homes.

Figure 1.1: Area Census Block Summary

For the purpose of this analysis, census blocks are segmented in three ways.
* First, blocks are grouped into broadband service categories depending on the level of broadband service available within the block.
* Second, blocks are grouped by the number of households per linear road mile, corresponding to the expected cost to deploy fiber to homes within the census block.
* Third, blocks are grouped by the number of homes per square mile, corresponding to the expected cost to deploy fixed wireless service to homes within the census block.

1.3 Broadband Service Availability

Figure 1.2 shows the broadband service availability for all census blocks in the selected county.

Figure 1.2: Map of Broadband Service Levels - All Census Blocks

Click here for an interactive version of Figure 1.2.

The census blocks colors and transparency for this report are defined as follows:

1.3.1 Broadband Availability by Connection Speed

1.3.1.1 Household Availability of 25/3 Broadband

1.3.1.2 Household Availability of 100/20 Broadband

Note that any household without access to 25/3 broadband will also lack access to 100/20 broadband, so some households counted in this table will also be counted in the previous table.

1.3.1.3 Household Availability of 100/100 Broadband

Note that any household without access to 25/3 or 100/20 broadband will also lack access to 100/100 broadband, so some households counted in this table will also be counted in the previous tables.

1.3.2 Broadband Availability by Fiber Market Segments

1.3.2.1 Household Availability of 25/3 Broadband by Fiber Market Segment

1.3.2.2 Household Availability of 100/20 Broadband by Fiber Market Segment

1.3.2.3 Household Availability of 100/100 Broadband by Fiber Market Segment

1.3.3 Broadband Availability by Wireless Market Segments

1.3.3.1 Household Availability of 25/3 Broadband by Wireless Market Segment

1.3.3.2 Household Availability of 100/20 Broadband by Wireless Market Segment

1.3.3.3 Household Availability of 100/100 Broadband by Wireless Market Segment

1.4 Selected Census Blocks

No census blocks were selected. Had you selected census blocks using the map drawing tools or by clicking on individual blocks a map and data table would be displayed here representing the selected blocks.

1.5 Census Blocks Filtered on State Funding and Federal Funding

Starting from all 1726 census blocks, including only census blocks where:

State Funding is [“No”],
Federal Funding is [“No”]

yields 1592 ‘filtered’ blocks, as shown in Figure 1.3.

Figure 1.3: Map of Broadband Service Levels - Filtered Census Blocks

Click here for an interactive version of Figure 1.3.

1.5.1 Broadband Availability by Connection Speed in Filtered blocks

1.5.1.1 Household Availability of 25/3 Broadband in Filtered blocks

1.5.1.2 Household Availability of 100/20 Broadband in Filtered blocks

Note that any household without access to 25/3 broadband will also lack access to 100/20 broadband, so some households counted in this table will also be counted in the previous table.

1.5.1.3 Household Availability of 100/100 Broadband in Filtered blocks

Note that any household without access to 25/3 or 100/20 broadband will also lack access to 100/100 broadband, so some households counted in this table will also be counted in the previous tables.

1.5.2 Broadband Availability by Fiber Market Segments in Filtered blocks

1.5.2.1 Household Availability of 25/3 Broadband by Fiber Market Segment in Filtered blocks

1.5.2.2 Household Availability of 100/20 Broadband by Fiber Market Segment in Filtered blocks

1.5.2.3 Household Availability of 100/100 Broadband by Fiber Market Segment in Filtered blocks

1.5.3 Broadband Availability by Wireless Market Segments in Filtered blocks

1.5.3.1 Household Availability of 25/3 Broadband by Wireless Market Segment in Filtered blocks

1.5.3.2 Household Availability of 100/20 Broadband by Wireless Market Segment in Filtered blocks

1.5.3.3 Household Availability of 100/100 Broadband by Wireless Market Segment in Filtered blocks

1.6 Selected Census Blocks with Filters

No census blocks were selected that matched the specified filters.

BroadbandAnalyzer® Scoping Report

Created by Broadband Catalysts

08/31/2023