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Description
The Broadband Provider API searches for all providers with a specified name.

Why We Provide It
We are providing this API to increase the value of the transparency of the National Broadband Map. With this API you have access to the broadband provider names in the NBM records.

Review Data Dictionary

JSON   XML

API Base
http://www.broadbandmap.gov/broadbandmap/

API Call
{API Base}/provider/name/{providerName}?maxresults={maxResults}&all={all}&format={format}&callback={functionName}

Sample Call
http://www.broadbandmap.gov/broadbandmap/provider/name/alb?format=json

Required Parameters
providerName:
specify the provider name with atleast 3 leading characters.

maxResults:
if true returns the complete set of results.

all:
specify the maximum results to be returned. defaulted to 20.

Optional Parameters
format:
XML, JSON, JSONP (XML is default)

callback:
JSONP callback function name

Response

JSON   XML

{
 "status":"OK",
 "responseTime":2,
 "message":[
  
 ],
 "Results":[
  {
   "holdingCompanyNumber":"130031",
   "holdingCompanyName":"Albany Mutual Telephone Association"
  },
  {
   "holdingCompanyNumber":"130032",
   "holdingCompanyName":"Albion Telephone Company, Inc."
  }
 ]
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Response status="OK" responseTime="2">
  <Results>
    <holdingCompanyNumber>130031</holdingCompanyNumber>
    <holdingCompanyName>Albany Mutual Telephone Association</holdingCompanyName>
 </Results>
 <Results>
   <holdingCompanyNumber>130032</holdingCompanyNumber>
   <holdingCompanyName>Albion Telephone Company, Inc.</holdingCompanyName>
</Results>
</Response>