National Hex Toolkit (2H 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 May / June 2025 release of FCC BDC Fabric v6 coverage data, reflecting networks nationwide as of 12-31-2024.  It also visualizes changes resulting from the BEAD Restructuring Policy Notice (link), issued by the NTIA on June 6th, 2025. 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:  tra