National Hex Toolkit (1H 2025)

The National Hex Toolkit is a broadband planning tool enabling ISPs and state broadband offices to exploit the latest available FCC data for network planning and BEAD eligibility.  It also enables the user to distinguishing between “served or funded”, “underserved and unfunded”, and “unserved and unfunded” on an extremely precise basis. It reflects the latest November 2024 FCC release of FCC BDC Fabric v5 coverage data and metadata reflecting networks nationwide as of 6-30-2024. In 2025 states will receive tens of billions of dollars of federal funding (ARP/CPF and IIJA/BEAD) for infrastructure grants (link).   This is a tool for those who need to do BEAD planning. The Broadband DATA Act in combination with the FCC's Broadband Data Collection (BDC) program results in a Fabric of locations and associated ISP coverage data that the FCC has associated with two geometries:  traditional census blocks and the H3 hexagonal grid.  The hexagonal grid enables an exceptionally high resolution (ex