Smarter provider suggestions, checked against public coverage data

When you type a new address into LocateFlow, we suggest the utilities, internet providers, banks and government offices that belong to that address - ranked by how urgent they are for your move. Until now, that ranking leaned on our curated catalog: which companies serve which states and ZIP codes.

Now the suggestions can cross-check themselves against public coverage data.

Internet: we check your area against the FCC's National Broadband Map - the public dataset where providers report where they actually offer service. When a provider in our catalog is reported as serving your area, it moves up with an 'available at your address' confidence instead of 'check availability'.

Electricity: we look up which utility actually serves your coordinates using the U.S. Department of Energy's open utility-rate database. If your new home is in Austin, you will see Austin Energy first - not a retailer that serves a different part of Texas.

Two honest footnotes. First, this is reported coverage data, at the area level - not a guarantee. Providers over-report sometimes, and the final word always belongs to the provider's own address check. We label it accordingly. Second, none of this requires us to touch your accounts: it is your address coordinates checked against public datasets, nothing more.

The result: fewer dead-end calls to companies that turn out not to serve your street, and a recommendation list that starts from what is actually around you. Data-checked ranking is included with the Individual, Family and Pro plans; Free members get the catalog-based suggestions and can preview what the address-level data check adds.

It also learns from your area. When enough households nearby track the same provider, it earns a 'popular in your area' nudge - computed with a privacy floor, so no neighborhood with only a handful of users ever reveals anything about anyone.