National Hex Toolkit

National Hex ToolkitThe 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 2024 FCC release of FCC BDC Fabric v4 coverage data and metadata reflecting networks

Some of the data sets described above are available only for the 50 United States

Measured network performance data (uplink and downlink speeds)

The Toolkit distinguishes between populated and unpopulated areas and shows the precise number of locations and units (think “homes passed”) within each populated hexagon

uplink and downlink speeds

25Mbps/3Mbps

a selection of streamed base maps

SNAP Participation Rate

Speed of 10000/Mbps/10000Mbps

age and gender

Identify all unserved or underfunded locations

high resolution numerical data (visualized with a click of the mouse)

It also allows the user to select and export total road distances and costs (spreadsheet) and GIS road segments to be used as inputs by a fiber design team