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FCC BDC County Fixed Broadband Summary

FCC Broadband Data Collection county-level fixed-availability summary tables for local service-coverage comparisons.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Intermediate — some data preparation helps
Size
Small · ≤0.1 GB
Formats
ZIP, CSV
Access
Download
API Key
Not Required
Provider
Federal Communications Commission
Updates
Occasional
Last Verified
Sep 28, 2026
Source Type
Government Source
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

HouseHunter pins the FCC's December 2025 Fixed Broadband Summary by Geography Type for county 100/20 availability shares. Download that public ZIP from the map's Data Download page, then read only a few rows locally. Its share describes reported serviceable locations, not actual subscriptions, performance, affordability, or all residents.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • The pandas Python package
  • The public FCC December 2025 summary ZIP
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Review the FCC's map download instructions and attribution notice.
  2. 2.Download the December 2025 Fixed Broadband Summary by Geography Type ZIP from https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/data-download and retain its dated filename.
  3. 3.Keep the ZIP beside the Python script and inspect county rows without loading the whole file.
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3

Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install pandas

from pathlib import Path
from zipfile import ZipFile
import pandas as pd

archive_path = Path("bdc_us_fixed_broadband_summary_by_geography_D25_03sep2026.zip")
with ZipFile(archive_path) as archive:
    csv_name = next(name for name in archive.namelist() if name.endswith(".csv"))
    with archive.open(csv_name) as stream:
        for chunk in pd.read_csv(stream, chunksize=5000):
            counties = chunk.loc[
                chunk["geography_type"].eq("County") & chunk["biz_res"].eq("R"),
                ["geography_id", "technology", "speed_100_20"],
            ]
            if not counties.empty:
                print(counties.head(3).to_string(index=False))
                break
4

Inspect County Broadband Availability

Read a few residential county 100/20 shares from the pinned FCC filing.

  1. 01Download and retain the dated December 2025 summary ZIP.
  2. 02Compare county rows only within the same residential and technology category.
  3. 03Explain why reported availability is not measured service quality or subscriptions.

Dataset Details

Federal Communications Commission is a government source. Last verified 2026-09-28. Temporal coverage: December 2025 filing pinned by HouseHunter; later filings are separate vintages.

Data Types

Tasks

Geography

Formats

Provider

Federal Communications Commission

Data Terms

FCC government works are not subject to domestic copyright protection and the FCC requests credit; this public aggregate excludes restricted Location Fabric records. Preserve the filing vintage and residential/technology filters.

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