Broadband

WORKING TO ELIMINATE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

Reid Consulting Group’s broadband reality mapping expertise can help identify service gaps and prioritize project areas. Our independently sourced, statistically valid,
easy-to-understand analyses can help minimize the effects of lobbying and ensure that ISPs meet their subsidized deployment obligations.

Recent Client Deliverables

Report on Broadband Planning Project

Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission, an EDA-funded project for this Council of Governments, July 2022

Report on Regional Broadband Feasibility Study

Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association, an EDA-funded project for this Council of Governments, July 2022

Report on Regional Broadband Feasibility

Buckeye Hills Regional Council, locally funded for this Council of Governments, July 2022

Report on Business Broadband Connectivity

Buckeye Hills Regional Council, EDA-funded for this Council of Governments, July 2022 2019

Eight-County Report for Buckeye Hills Regional Council

Our Projects

Horizon Telcom

Conducted data analysis and mapping to develop fiber optic networks in metropolitan centers within the client service area. Designed a combined fiber and wireless architecture to provide wireless broadband to residential and small business customers. Secured USDA funding to establish a Community Technology center for the public.

South Central Power

Overlaid South Central Power service areas and SmartGrid intentions to identify areas of footprint in greatest broadband need that are also deployment targets of next generation SmartGrid capabilities. Developed service area profiles, network architecture options, cost estimates and grant opportunities. Generated 20-year pro forma for three varied deployment scenarios.

Broadband Ohio

Created a map that characterizes broadband availability across the State of Ohio at the census block group level. Built 88 county broadband profiles that show availability at the block level as well as unserved and underserved households and populated square miles for each county.

Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission

Designed overarching broadband architecture for serving 100% of households in the rugged and foliage-covered geography of southern and eastern Ohio. Generated financial analysis to quantify levels of subsidy required for sustainable ISP business model.

Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association

Buckeye Hills Regional Council

Utilized multiple sources of FCC data coupled with Census and State of Ohio data to quantify the extent of the digital desert across the 8-county service area and extrapolated across Appalachian Ohio. From the data designed overarching broadband architecture to serve 100% of households in the rugged and foliage-covered geography across the southern and eastern part of the state.

State of Rhode Island

Developed broadband planning maps that identify unserved and underserved census blocks across the state and created a business broadband index to characterize business demand for broadband in southern Rhode Island.

American Electric Power

Overlaid AEP service areas and SmartGrid intentions to identify areas in Ohio where broadband could be deployed along with the next generation SmartGrid capabilities. Developed service area profiles, network architecture options, cost estimates and grant opportunities.

Southern Ohio Healthcare Network

Implemented a Broadband Initiative to support Rural Healthcare Pilot program and established a process for secure Health Information Exchange utlizing blockchain and encrypted data processes for shared information within the care network.

Adena Health System

Through competitive bidding, selected a carrier partner to build a $30 million, 600-mile fiber-optic broadband network connecting more than 120 health care facilities in 13 southern Ohio counties.

View our Broadband Qualifications (PDF)