Proof & Decision
Built With Connected Spaces: Telecom Map
Telecom Map is a real consumer product — a crowdsourced fiber and ISP discovery map built by our founder on the same Build-to-Own infrastructure we deliver to clients.
Telecom Map is a real product — built by Scott, the founder of Connected Spaces. It's a consumer-facing fiber and ISP discovery map that lets people find their internet options, report where fiber is being built nearby, and upload speed test data to create a crowdsourced picture of service quality. It runs on the same Build-to-Own infrastructure we deliver to clients.
What Telecom Map Is
Most people have no idea what internet options actually serve their address. Provider websites are vague. Coverage maps are outdated. And when fiber is being built in your neighborhood, there's no way to know — let alone influence whether it comes to your street.
Telecom Map fixes that. It's a consumer-facing product that lets you search your address and see which ISPs serve your area, what their coverage looks like on an interactive map, and where fiber construction is actively happening nearby. Anyone can report a new fiber build they spot in their neighborhood — turning individual observations into a shared, up-to-date picture of what's being built.
This is not a concept. It is a working product, built on the same Connected Spaces infrastructure we deliver to clients.
What the Product Does
- ISP discovery by address — Search any address to see which internet providers serve that location, what technologies they offer (fiber, cable, fixed wireless), and how their coverage area is drawn on the map.
- Crowdsourced fiber reporting — Users can mark locations where they have spotted active fiber construction — conduit being laid, splice boxes being installed, utility work that signals a buildout. Those reports appear on the map so the whole community benefits.
- Speed test data uploads — Users can upload their actual internet performance data — download and upload speeds, latency, reliability scores — creating a crowdsourced quality database that reflects lived experience, not just provider claims.
- Demand signaling for ISPs — Neighborhoods can collectively register their interest in better service. When enough people in an area signal demand, it creates a visible record ISPs can reference when making infrastructure investment decisions.
Why It Matters
Underserved communities often have no leverage when it comes to internet infrastructure. ISPs build where the economics make sense. If a neighborhood cannot demonstrate concentrated demand, it stays at the bottom of the priority list — even when residents are actively frustrated with slow or unreliable service.
Telecom Map gives those communities a tool. When residents collectively report poor performance, document where fiber is not being built, and signal that they would switch providers if better service existed — that data has weight. It turns individual frustration into structured, visible, addressable demand.
For ISPs, it surfaces where the market exists. For consumers, it surfaces what options they actually have — and gives them a voice in shaping what comes next.
The Infrastructure Behind It
Telecom Map is built on the same stack we deliver to Connected Spaces clients. That means the data collection, community features, and operations backend are all owned infrastructure — not rented SaaS bolted together.
- Interactive coverage map — A custom-built mapping experience — not a third-party widget. It renders ISP coverage areas, fiber construction reports, and user-submitted data on a single interactive canvas.
- Crowdsourced data collection — User submissions — fiber sightings, speed test results, demand signals — flow into a structured database with duplicate detection and basic quality checks built in. Messy form input becomes usable data.
- AI-assisted reporting — The same AI agent infrastructure that powers Connected Spaces client workspaces analyzes the incoming data, surfaces demand hotspots, and identifies service quality patterns across geographic clusters.
- Automated data workflows — Reference data stays current without manual refresh routines. Internal automation keeps the map, the consumer reports, and the analytics layer consistent — even when source data changes.
- Operations backend — Content moderation, submission review, and data governance run through the Connected Spaces operations infrastructure — the same system that manages tasks, approvals, and coordination for client businesses.
- Custom work and ownership - For CNX customer engagements, qualifying customer-specific custom IP ownership starts in subscription month 13. Agree the transferable inventory, dependencies and handoff process; this product example does not establish a customer's transfer terms.
What This Proves About the Platform
We didn't build Telecom Map to demonstrate a concept. We built it because the infrastructure could do it — and because it solves a real problem. Three things this product shows:
- We build real products — Not landing pages. Not prototypes. A working consumer product with live data collection, map rendering, and an operations backend.
- Operations, not just marketing — The same infrastructure that runs marketing automation for clients also handles data workflows, community moderation, and AI-assisted reporting.
- Custom implementation - This example shows a working product. Qualifying custom IP ownership and transfer scope for a customer engagement are distinct from the shared platform.
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- Build-to-Own Process — How Connected Spaces builds and transfers infrastructure.