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Hexvarium Shakes Up Broadband Networks
HexMAPP Takes the Guesswork Out of Broadband Network Investments; Changing the paradigm of Risk Management to Bring Sustainable, Profitable Broadband to Any Community
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Effective deployment of BEAD by States
It starts with taking a look at the current connectivity landscape and digital use cases for constituents.
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Creating polygon coverage areas (BDC part 3)
FCC Broadband Data reporting - creating polygon coverage areas.
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Matching with the Location Fabric (BDC part 2)
FCC Broadband Data Collection matching availability data with the Location Fabric.
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Broadband Data Collection for ISPs (BDC part 1)
FCC Broadband Data reporting requirements have changed. Here are our notes on our experiences in filing data for the National Broadband Map.
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Hexvarium Relies on LocalSolver to Solve their Fiber Network Design Problems
Hexvarium has been tasked with designing the whole optic fiber network of several cities across the United States. They have relied on their partnership with LocalSolver to iterate quickly on design solutions in short running times.
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Is the Fiber Broadband Bubble About to Pop?
We’re entering a broadband market environment where Private Equity investors will have to work more closely with government funding sources to make profitable and sustainable investments. At Hexvarium, we show them how to do just that.
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Faster PostgreSQL To BigQuery Transfers
Mark Litwintschik looks at the act of planning out how a fiber-optic network will be deployed, and how faster PostgreSQL accelerates Big Query transfers.
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Broadband Inequity — Engineering Won’t Solve the Problem
The FCC’s Eighth Broadband Progress Report says that approximately 19 million Americans lack access to fixed broadband.
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Startup Hexvarium prepares to ride the fiber buildout wave
Startup Hexvarium on Wednesday announced the launch of its fiber buildout strategy – an effort the company hopes to eventually back with a $500 million buildout fund.
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Startup Hexvarium thinks better data can close the broadband gap
Freshly launched startup Hexvarium is hoping to make it easier for service providers to understand the long-term costs and revenue associated with prospective broadband builds using a new software mapping tool.
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Data Science Breeds Success in Broadband Rollouts
Building telecommunications infrastructure requires massive up-front investments, and to date, service providers have used very simple methods of determining how and where to build their networks.
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Open for Business
In his bid to bring connectivity to the greatest number of people possible, Open5G's CEO Gerry Lawlor says pushing the boundaries with data is critical.
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Faster Geospatial Enrichment
Earlier this year I signed a consulting agreement with Open5G.
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No Broadband for you! What is 100/20? Broadband Speed Over Time
Flash news announcement… your internet isn’t BROADBAND anymore!
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Seeing the Forest From the Trees
Most recently ETH Zurich published their “Global Canopy Height 2020” data set along with the view in Google EarthEngine.
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