Big Red Communications
Data updated June 2026
Big Red Communications opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 249 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Big Red Communications opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 249 records behind that footprint. Big Red Communications reports localized broadband footprint: 249 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 249
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #1,529 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #66 of 85 providers reporting in Nebraska
- rank among providers in Nebraska alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Big Red Communications state-reach reading
Big Red Communications opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 249 records behind that footprint.
Big Red Communications sits in the lower third of Form 477 providers by record volume (< 329). Thin filing books still matter when they dominate one state or a niche technology pocket rather than a national residential footprint.
Nebraska alone accounts for 100.0% of Big Red Communications's filings (249 of 249), 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-BIG-RED-COMMUNICATIONS · Big Red Communications 249 records · 1 state
249 · RANK-LOWER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MICRO 249
- RANK-LOWER #1,529
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #66 in Nebraska
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beaver Valley Cable C…
- MED-BELOW Below median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Beaver Valley Cable Company (+ 0 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
- Big Red Communications 249
- Beaver Valley Cable C… 249
- Minerva Valley Teleph… 250
- 360 Comm. 250
- Combined Technologies 248
Speed-tier climate where Big Red Communications files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Big Red Communications files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 16.0% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 8.6 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Big Red Communications'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 Big Red Communications Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Big Red Communications highlighted
249 records · #1,529 of 2,138
Big Red Communications sits at roughly the 28th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 3.1x smaller than the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Nebraska | 249 |
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
Beaver Valley Cable Company (249) · Minerva Valley Telephone Company, Inc. (250) · 360 Communications, Inc. (250) · Combined Technologies, Inc. (248) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Big Red Communications's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Big Red Communications's reported footprint in Nebraska, its largest state by filings (249 records). Nebraska state page
- Compare against Beaver Valley Cable Company, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Beaver Valley Cable 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.