3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. filed these Form 477 broadband deployment records with the FCC; every figure below is standardized against 2,138 other nationwide filers using the same field definitions, so its filing volume reads in context, not isolation.
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.
Record scope. Counts are Form 477 records flagged as offered to consumers; at least 90% of this provider's filings are. How the count is scoped.
3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. filing-volume reading
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, Inc. 11,049,786
- Corpus median 781
- 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 6,244
- Speed of Light Broadband 6,258
- Genesis Technology Communications LLC 6,226
- netBlazr Inc. 6,268
- Blip Networks, LLC 6,270
3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. among its record-volume peers
Filing volume alone does not predict state reach: 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. and its 6 nearest record-volume peers each cover a different number of states.
3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. vs. its 6 nearest record-volume peers
A crawlable text summary: 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. filed 6,244 records across 1 state, against a peer-group median of 6,244 records and 2 states.
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.
- Montana 6,244
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.