3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. opens on filing volume: #362 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (6,244 records). Compare its Form 477 record book to peer filers and the states where it reports the most blocks.
Filing volume, in one line
3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. opens on filing volume: #362 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (6,244 records). 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 6,244 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 6,244
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #362 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #11 of 51 providers reporting in Montana
- rank among providers in Montana alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. filing-volume reading
3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. opens on filing volume: #362 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (6,244 records).
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. sits in the upper third by record volume (≥ 2,064). Large books usually mean many census blocks marked served, not that every block has active subscribers.
Montana alone accounts for 100.0% of 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s filings (6,244 of 6,244), a concentrated book where one state can swing the national picture. Form 477 historically let providers mark a whole census block from a single reachable address; treat these counts as declared capability, not address-level availability, speed, or price.
Filing desk
Filer FCC477-3-RIVERS-TELEPHONE-COOPER · 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 6,244 records · 1 state
6,244 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 6,244
- RANK-UPPER #362
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-UPPER #11 in Montana
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Speed of Light Broadb…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Speed of Light Broadband (+ 14 records)
Instrument codes from this filer’s Form 477 deployment records, corpus rank, geographic footprint, in-state rank, photo-finish peer, median ratio, and separate state-count rank, not a service-quality score.
Record neighbourhood
Nationwide filing poles and nearest ABS record peers, not a reprint of every state table row.
- #1 filer · ViaSat 11,049,786
- Corpus median 781
- 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 6,244
- Speed of Light Broadb… 6,258
- Genesis Technology Co… 6,226
- netBlazr 6,268
- Blip Networks 6,270
Providers near 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. by deployment-record volume first, then state/territory reach (record floor ≥1,000, state floor ≥2). In-state rank tables and the record neighbourhood stay intact.
Similar deployment-record volume
Nearest filers by total Form 477 records (6,244 here).
Speed-tier climate where 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 16.6% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 8.0 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s retail offers.
Source: FCC Form 477 fixed broadband deployment data, June 2020 status (final Form 477 release) · Derivation: record-weighted join of state_speed_tiers to this filer's provider_states weights (state climates, not retail speeds) · National tier finder →
How 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. highlighted
6,244 records · #362 of 2,138
3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. sits at roughly the 83rd percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 8.0x the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Montana | 6,244 |
Disclaimer: Data from FCC Form 477. For informational purposes only. Coverage data represents provider filings, not guaranteed service at a specific address. Always verify availability directly with the provider.
Source: FCC Form 477 fixed broadband deployment dataset, June 2020 status (final Form 477 release) · Derivation: provider totals and state ranks computed from census-block filing rows; no editor-typed coverage figures
Read with this filer
Speed of Light Broadband (6,258) · Genesis Technology Communications LLC (6,226) · netBlazr Inc. (6,268) · Blip Networks, LLC (6,270) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s reported footprint in Montana, its largest state by filings (6,244 records). Montana state page
- Compare against Speed of Light Broadband, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Speed of Light Broadband
- Find your own speed tier and what technology mix typically delivers it. Speed tier finder
Figures are FCC Form 477 fixed-deployment data as of June 2020, the final Form 477 release, self-reported by census block. For current, address-level availability, use the FCC National Broadband Map.