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Fcc Broadband MCP Server is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. 94 installs a week from npm. It exposes 9 tools. Last commit 25 Aug 2026.

FCC broadband availability, coverage analysis, and digital divide data for US geographies.

Installs per day peak 163 · avg 22 · +2% w/w
a month agotoday
Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 0%
47 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
9
Tools
read from the server
392 ms
Response time
average over 24h
94
Installs / week
npm and PyPI

What changed 25

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 13 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

25 Aug 9 tools changed the parameters they ask for fcc_compare_areas, fcc_find_underserved, fcc_geocode_block and 6 more
25 Aug a tool changed version
13 Aug 6 tools changed the parameters they ask for7 times that day fcc_compare_areas, fcc_find_underserved, fcc_get_provider and 3 more
13 Aug 4 tool descriptions were rewritten fcc_geocode_block, fcc_get_provider, fcc_list_downloads and 1 more
13 Aug a tool changed version4 times that day
and 4 more, back to 13 August 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Fcc Broadband MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add fcc-broadband-mcp-server --transport http https://fcc-broadband.caseyjhand.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fcc-broadband-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://fcc-broadband.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.fcc-broadband-mcp-server]
url = "https://fcc-broadband.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fcc-broadband-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://fcc-broadband.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fcc-broadband-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://fcc-broadband.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: FCC_BDC_USERNAME (FCC account email for BDC API. Required for fcc_list_downloads and BDC filing periods.), FCC_BDC_HASH_VALUE (API token hash from broadbandmap.fcc.gov Manage API Access page.), FCC_OPENDATA_APP_TOKEN (Socrata app token for FCC Open Data. Increases rate limits; not required.), FCC_MIRROR_ENABLED (Serve Form 477 queries from a local SQLite mirror when its coverage allows (bootstrap with `bun run mirror:init`). Default: false.), FCC_MIRROR_PATH (Directory holding the Form 477 mirror SQLite files.), MCP_HTTP_HOST (The hostname for the HTTP server.), MCP_HTTP_PORT (The port to run the HTTP server on.), MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH (The endpoint path for the MCP server.), MCP_AUTH_MODE (Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.), MCP_LOG_LEVEL (Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

Available tools 9

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

fcc
fcc_compare_areas
Compares broadband coverage metrics across multiple geographies of the same type and returns a ranked table sorted by unserved or underserved population. Answers "which counties in this state have the worst broadband access?" and drives BEAD funding prioritization. Provide up to 50 geography IDs, or set compare_all_states=true for all 50 states + DC. Data is from FCC Form 477 (as of June 2021).
fcc_find_underserved
Finds geographic areas with limited or no broadband coverage at a given speed threshold, ranked by unserved population. The core tool for BEAD program analysis and broadband equity research. Accepts a state abbreviation to narrow scope or runs nationwide. Defaults to rural areas where underservice is most concentrated. Data is from FCC Form 477 (as of June 2021).
fcc_geocode_block
Converts a latitude/longitude coordinate to a 15-digit census block FIPS code, plus county FIPS, county name, state FIPS, state code, and state name. This is the required prerequisite for fcc_search_availability since the broadband dataset is indexed by census block, not address. The block is resolved against 2010 census boundaries, the vintage the Form 477 deployment dataset is keyed by, so the returned blockFips can be passed straight to fcc_search_availability; a 2020-vintage block ID from another source will not match. Uses the FCC public Geo API — no authentication required.
fcc_get_coverage_summary
Returns a broadband coverage summary for a geography — population with zero, one, two, or three-plus providers at a given speed threshold, split by urban/rural and tribal/non-tribal segments. The primary tool for digital divide and equity analysis. Supports state, county, congressional district, census place, CBSA (metro area), tribal area, and national level. Data is from FCC Form 477 (as of June 2021). Use 100 Mbps as the speed threshold for BEAD program policy analysis.
fcc_get_provider
Returns a national-level coverage profile for a specific holding company (by hoconum): technologies deployed and the population covered at each download speed tier. Population figures come from the FCC provider summary table and count each person once, regardless of how many technologies the provider uses to reach them. Use fcc_search_providers to find valid hoconum values. Data is from FCC Form 477 (as of June 2021).
fcc_list_downloads
Lists downloadable BDC data files for a specific as-of date — fixed availability by state and provider, mobile coverage, and challenge data — with file metadata (provider, state, technology, record count). Download URLs are included for each file. Requires FCC BDC API credentials (FCC_BDC_USERNAME and FCC_BDC_HASH_VALUE). Use fcc_list_filing_periods first to determine valid as_of_date values (BDC dates start June 2022); a date that is not on the calendar, or that falls before the first BDC period, is rejected without credentials, while a well-formed date the BDC API does not publish is rejected once credentials let the published set be read. One as-of date can carry thousands of per-provider files, so results come back a page at a time: totalFiles counts every file matching the filters, the response reports the offset and the count on this page, and it carries a nextOffset to pass back for the following page until the last one, which omits it.
fcc_list_filing_periods
Returns available data vintages: Form 477 filing periods (hardcoded Jun 2015 – Jun 2021, always available) and BDC as-of dates from the authenticated API (Jun 2022 onward, requires credentials). Call this before fcc_list_downloads to determine valid as_of_date values. Note: there is a data gap between June 2021 (last Form 477) and June 2022 (first BDC filing period).
fcc_search_availability
Queries broadband providers and advertised speeds at a census block from FCC Form 477 data (as of June 2021). Answers "which ISPs serve this location and what speeds do they offer?" — the core tool for address-level broadband lookup. Requires a 15-digit census block FIPS code; use fcc_geocode_block to convert coordinates first. Data reflects ISP-reported availability at the block level, which may overstate actual coverage for some addresses.
fcc_search_providers
Searches for ISPs by holding company name, filtered by state and technology type. Returns a deduplicated list of matching providers with hoconum identifiers for follow-up calls to fcc_get_provider. Answers "which ISPs serve Washington with fiber?" and "find all Comcast entities." Geographic filtering is state-level; sub-state granularity requires cross-referencing block data. Against the live FCC API the search reads a bounded window of deployment rows to find which holding companies match, so when scanTruncated comes back true the providers are a sample of the matches rather than every one of them and no true match count is available; a narrower filter raises the share of matches the sample surfaces but cannot make it complete, and only a deployment running the local Form 477 mirror returns every match. The sample is of which companies come back — every company that does carries its complete national footprint, since statesServed and techCodes are resolved per company rather than read off the window, at the cost of one lookup per provider returned. Data is from FCC Form 477 (as of June 2021).

Endpoints

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https://fcc-broadband.caseyjhand.com/mcp streamable-http answering 441 ms 2 min ago

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Fcc Broadband MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Fcc Broadband MCP Server do?
It exposes 9 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: fcc_compare_areas, fcc_find_underserved, fcc_geocode_block, fcc_get_coverage_summary, fcc_get_provider, fcc_list_downloads and 3 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Fcc Broadband MCP Server working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 392 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Fcc Broadband MCP Server?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Fcc Broadband MCP Server need an API key?
No. Fcc Broadband MCP Server completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 9 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Fcc Broadband MCP Server?
It answers our handshake in 392 ms on average, which is faster than 39% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
How many people use Fcc Broadband MCP Server?
The npm package @cyanheads/fcc-broadband-mcp-server was installed 94 times in the last week. Week over week that is +2%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Fcc Broadband MCP Server open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 1 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.