[178742] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FCC form 477 geocoding
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Luthman)
Tue Mar 3 17:44:35 2015
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From: Josh Luthman <josh@imaginenetworksllc.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 17:44:11 -0500
To: Jay Hennigan <jay@west.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Assuming you have LAT/LONG you can use the FCC API:
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/form-477-census-tract-information
You also need to provide your coverage. I suggest Towercoverage.com for
that, though you may not be a WISP. Non-wireless I'm not sure how you'd go
about it.
Josh Luthman
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Direct: 937-552-2343
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Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Jay Hennigan <jay@west.net> wrote:
> The CFO here is working on FCC form 477 and tells me that he needs to
> enter census tract and block information for our customers. He says that
> the US Census site is worse than useless and the info isn't on the FCC
> site.
>
> What are others doing in this regard?
>
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