Communications
Telephone services per CEX 2000 taxonomy: wireless (FCC Communications Marketplace Report ARPU 2000+), residential voice (FCC Urban Rate Survey 2022+), residential broadband (FCC URS 100/20 benchmark 2019+). Multi-SKU Carli aggregation, no CPI.
Sources
Precedence ladder for communications. Lower precedence wins where multiple sources cover the same period. The engine walks the ladder per period with chain-link rescale at source transitions.
| Precedence | Source | Series ID | Cadence | Geography |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | FCC URS FCC URS US national residential voice monthly rate (annual 2022+; pre-2022 backfill v1.0.11 candidate) |
fcc_urs_voice_us_residential_annual | — | national |
| 0 | FCC URS FCC URS US national residential broadband 100/20 benchmark (annual 2019+) |
fcc_urs_broadband_us_residential_annual | — | national |
| 0 | fcc_wireless_arpu FCC Communications Marketplace Report US wireless ARPU annual (2000+; ARPU is a directional proxy for consumer monthly wireless bill; documented v1.1 sharpening candidate) |
fcc_us_wireless_arpu_annual | — | national |
Weight across archetypes
How communications is weighted in each of the 10 published archetypes. Sorted by weight, highest first. National Average is the headline citation surface.
| Archetype | Weight | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Income — Lowest Quintile | 3.5090% | View archetype → |
| Working Parent | 3.4595% | View archetype → |
| Retiree | 3.4283% | View archetype → |
| Income — Middle Quintile | 3.3889% | View archetype → |
| Renter | 3.3112% | View archetype → |
| Income — Fourth Quintile | 3.2943% | View archetype → |
| Income — Second Quintile | 3.2862% | View archetype → |
| National Average | 3.2835% | View archetype → |
| Homeowner | 3.2713% | View archetype → |
| Income — Highest Quintile | 3.0562% | View archetype → |
Substitution history
Substitution log entries that touched this stratum. Each entry
bumps the basket version and is reproducible from observations
tagged with their basket_version.
No substitution log entries reference this stratum directly.
Methodology
See the basket page for all 20 strata and the per-stratum source map. The methodology page covers the load-bearing pillars including the rules around source-precedence ladders, chain-link splicing at source transitions, and the no-fabricated-data invariant.