broadband-3

Step 0

Run following command to download all of the data:

make data

The data comes from the following sources:

The FCC National Broadband Map here.
Download the data for Cable, Copper, and Fiber to the Premises, then save those to your data folder.

The US Census Bureau shapefiles here. The specific file is found here.

US Census Bureau county subdivision information here.

Step 1

Run the following command to a csv file with the maximum download speeds for Cable, Copper, and Fiber for each census block in Maine:

make speed

Step 2

Calculate the average download speeed for Millinocket, which will be printed to the terminal.

make avg

The output you recieve should be "Millinocket average download speed: 516.423"

Step 3

Merge the maximum download speeds information with the Census block data for Maine.

make json

Step 4

Create a plot for maximum broadband speeds available throughout Maine

make state

Step 5

Create a plot for maximum broadband speeds available in the individual Census blocks of Millinocket, Maine

make block

Step 6

make DDI

DDI Data of different speeds will be saved as a CSV in data folder

Step 7

Create plots and GeoJSON files for DDI, SE, and INFA scores by running the following command:

make maps

The plots should look like this: