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The Neighborhood Internet Map — See Which ISPs Are Available at Your Exact Address and What Speeds Neighbors Actually Get

Built forPeople moving to a new address (renters and home buyers), existing residents frustrated with their ISP looking for alternatives, real estate agents and property managers who want to highlight internet quality in listings, and remote workers for whom internet quality is a critical factor in housing decisions

ValidatedUpdated 20264-phase launch plan3 market signals

The scorecard

Revenue Potential

8/10

High

ISP affiliate commissions ($50-$100 per signup) are extremely lucrative. Even modest traffic generates significant affiliate revenue. B2B API licensing to real estate platforms adds recurring high-value contracts.

Virality

7/10

Medium-High

ISP frustration is universally relatable. 'State of Internet in [City]' reports drive local press and social sharing. Neighborhood heat maps are visually compelling and shareable.

Execution

7/10

Medium-High

Cold-start problem — need significant crowdsourced data before the product is useful. FCC data provides a baseline but real value comes from user contributions. Speed test accuracy varies by environment. Local SEO at scale requires significant content investment.

The idea

Choosing an internet service provider is one of the most frustrating consumer decisions in America. ISP websites deliberately obscure real speeds, hide post-promotional pricing, and make it nearly impossible to know what's actually available at your specific address until you commit to a contract. The result: millions of Americans overpay for underperforming internet service, and people moving to new addresses discover too late that their only option is a monopoly provider offering 25 Mbps for $80/month. NetTruth is a crowdsourced

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4 phases

Execution plan, weeks 1–24

5 channels

With strategies + tactics

4 competitors

Analyzed + positioning

3 signals

Real Reddit / X / news posts

Full offer

Pricing + lead magnets

Trend data

Interest over 12+ months

Execution plan

1

Data Layer & Address Lookup MVP

Weeks 1-10
  • Integrate FCC Broadband Data Collection API for baseline ISP availability at address level
  • Build address lookup interface with instant ISP availability results and pricing data
  • Create browser-based speed test using WebRTC with automatic ISP detection
  • Develop neighborhood heat map visualization with Mapbox showing crowdsourced speed data

Phase 2: Crowdsourcing Engine & Beta · Weeks 11-16

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Phase 3: Public Launch & Data Growth · Weeks 17-24

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Phase 4: Real Estate Integration & Scale · Months 7-14

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What real people are saying

Reddit r/HomeNetworking

1.5M+ member community with daily posts asking 'I'm moving to [area], what ISP should I get?' and 'is [ISP] actually as fast as they claim?' — showing persistent demand for address-level internet intelligence

+ 2 more market signals

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Top marketing channel

Reddit Communities

Engage in r/HomeNetworking (1.5M+), r/ISP, r/NoContract, and city-specific subreddits where ISP complaints and 'which provider should I choose?' questions appear daily. Share the free lookup tool as a genuinely helpful resource.

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