To estimate how much it will cost to close the digital divide in broadband access we need two pieces of information: the cost to serve each location, and how many locations there are.
You describe your cost model as being estimated at the Census block level, but aren't the reserve prices, which I gather is what you use as your dependent variable, only available at the block group level? If so, how did you use the reserve prices in a regression where the unit of observation is a Census block?
Great question. The dependent variable is cost per location from the reserve prices, and you're right that it is at the block group level. So all census blocks in a block group would have the same cost per location
Another question: did you estimate your model on just the census blocks that have been authorized to date (i.e. excluding blocks where the FCC did not give final approval to a bidder) or did you include all census blocks where there was a winning bidder or did you include all census blocks that were original list of eligible blocks regardless of whether there was a winner in that block? Thanks.
You describe your cost model as being estimated at the Census block level, but aren't the reserve prices, which I gather is what you use as your dependent variable, only available at the block group level? If so, how did you use the reserve prices in a regression where the unit of observation is a Census block?
Great question. The dependent variable is cost per location from the reserve prices, and you're right that it is at the block group level. So all census blocks in a block group would have the same cost per location
Another question: did you estimate your model on just the census blocks that have been authorized to date (i.e. excluding blocks where the FCC did not give final approval to a bidder) or did you include all census blocks where there was a winning bidder or did you include all census blocks that were original list of eligible blocks regardless of whether there was a winner in that block? Thanks.
All census block groups in the original/final pre-auction RDOF list.