Industry-leading broadband consulting services and data for effective broadband decisions. 100% employee-owned.
CostQuest Associates (CQA) is an employee-owned broadband consulting firm and provider of custom applications, geospatial, and point-of-interest (POI) data. We are internationally recognized as the leading experts in network economics, profitability analysis, asset valuation, policy, programming, mapping, and data science. We work with businesses and governments of all sizes to strengthen broadband planning, operations, and reporting.
We’re most known as the official Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric provider data for the FCC’s Broadband Data Collection (BDC), NTIA’s BEAD, and other federal programs. Along with being the trusted cost modeling expert, both Federal and State Governments rely on to efficiently distribute broadband deployment funding across the U.S. More about us.
CostQuest Associates (CQA), an employee-owned company, has long led the broadband consulting industry in the knowledge of costs, economics, network modeling, valuation, appraisal, mapping, and regulation services. Our team is now blending its extensive broadband knowledge with data science to develop the most precise data and web applications to support business and policy decisions for broadband initiatives. The love of the challenge and commitment to precision makes us who we are. We work to get it right.
Join us for Fabric Forward 25, CostQuest’s first-ever Fabric User Conference in Seattle, WA.
From technical best practices to network financial modeling, this event is designed for those who depend on data to drive effective decisions for their broadband projects. Get practical solutions to streamline your data workflows, optimize investment strategies, analyze competition, forecast growth, navigate FCC Fabric Challenges, and federal reporting requirements to prepare for what’s next in a post-BEAD landscape, and target resources more effectively. End-of-summer discount ends September 9, 2025.
Explore how broadband coverage is changing over time with CostQuest’s new Broadband in America Report and Time Series Data Dashboard. Easily visualize the changes in coverage, where broadband technologies are growing, the deployment behaviors of providers, and shifts in technology trends over time.
Analyzing historical broadband data to understand how broadband infrastructure evolves over time is essential for effectively navigating the competitive broadband market. The FCC’s Broadband Data Collection (BDC) datasets offer comprehensive service availability […]
Helping state leaders prepare for what’s next As of August 5th, 98% of states have closed their BEAD grant programs. With the program soon shifting from grant distribution to compliance, […]
Wondering how broadband coverage changed in the US over the past year? The most significant change is that unserved locations decreased by 27% while underserved locations increased by 22% from […]
Below is a summary of the material changes to the BEAD program based on the new NTIA BEAD Program Guidance released on June 6, 2025. New NTIA BEAD GUidance: ELimination […]
Impacting the FCC’s RDOF, A-CAM programs, PR Fund, and Connect USVI Fund The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has officially adopted the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric (Fabric) as the data […]
Congratulations to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) on officially opening Round 2 of its Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant selection process! Powered by CostQuest’s custom Grant […]
