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Point Topic MCP Server

Free, no-signup access to Point Topic's UK broadband reference data. Query the entity graph of the industry: ISPs, network operators, networks, links and link standards, ownership and wholesale relationships, retail/wholesale flags, and consolidation history — all with SQL.

Example questions you can answer:

  • Who owns which networks, and which ISPs ride them (e.g. who uses CityFibre or Openreach)?
  • What does the UK market structure look like — retail vs wholesale vs business-only operators?
  • Which link standards (FTTP, XGS-PON, DOCSIS…) are in use and by whom?
  • What consolidations have reshaped the market?

The endpoint exposes only the public reference tables. Licensed measurement data — network footprints, premises counts, speeds, tariffs, coverage forecasts, take-up and subscriber statistics — is not queryable here and requires a Point Topic licence; denied queries return a clear message with contact details.

Data is global in scope; filter COUNTRY = 'United Kingdom' for UK-specific queries. Current rows: VALID_TO IS NULL. Columns are UPPERCASE; run SHOW TABLES FROM ontology to explore.

Built and maintained by Point Topic Ltd — broadband market research since 1998. Contact: info@point-topic.com.

Publisher claimed. 1 tool reported by the publisher. Pod has not connected to this server, so nothing here is verified.

Categorised under data-analytics. Published by point-topic.com.

Status

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Tools

Its publisher lists 1 tool. Pod has not verified these against the live server yet.

  • database_tools_execute_query

Connect

A hosted endpoint at https://mcp.point-topic.com/public, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

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