BEK Communications Cooperative
Data updated June 2026
BEK Communications Cooperative 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
BEK Communications Cooperative opens on filing volume: #236 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (10,238 records). BEK Communications Cooperative reports localized broadband footprint: 10,238 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 10,238
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #236 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #10 of 34 providers reporting in North Dakota
- rank among providers in North Dakota 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.
BEK Communications Cooperative filing-volume reading
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, BEK Communications Cooperative 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.
North Dakota alone accounts for 100.0% of BEK Communications Cooperative's filings (10,238 of 10,238), 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-BEK-COMMUNICATIONS-COOPER · BEK Communications Cooperative 10,238 records · 1 state
10,238 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MID 10,238
- RANK-UPPER #236
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #10 in North Dakota
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wabash Mutual Telepho…
- MED-10X+ 13× median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Wabash Mutual Telephone Company ( -4 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
- BEK Communications Cooperative 10,238
- Wabash Mutual Telephone Company 10,234
- Webformix Company 10,278
- Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 10,299
- Valnet Holdings, LLC 10,323
BEK Communications Cooperative among its record-volume peers
Filing volume alone does not predict state reach: BEK Communications Cooperative and its 6 nearest record-volume peers each cover a different number of states.
BEK Communications Cooperative vs. its 6 nearest record-volume peers
A crawlable text summary: BEK Communications Cooperative filed 10,238 records across 1 state, against a peer-group median of 10,278 records and 2 states.
Providers near BEK Communications Cooperative on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for BEK Communications Cooperative 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 (10,238 here).
Speed-tier climate where BEK Communications Cooperative files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where BEK Communications Cooperative files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 26.9% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, within 3 pp of the national 24.6% mix. The footprint climate tracks the country average; it still is not BEK Communications Cooperative's own speed claim.
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 BEK Communications Cooperative Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, BEK Communications Cooperative highlighted
10,238 records · #236 of 2,138
BEK Communications Cooperative sits at roughly the 89th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 13x the median provider's 781 records.
- North Dakota 10,238
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| North Dakota | 10,238 |
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
Wabash Mutual Telephone Company (10,234) · Webformix Company (10,278) · Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (10,299) · Valnet Holdings, LLC (10,323) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with BEK Communications Cooperative's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check BEK Communications Cooperative's reported footprint in North Dakota, its largest state by filings (10,238 records). North Dakota state page
- Compare against Wabash Mutual Telephone Company, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Wabash Mutual Telephone Company
- 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.