Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #49 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (6 states), with 3,704 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #49 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (6 states), with 3,704 records behind that footprint. Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. reports regional broadband footprint: 3,704 Form 477 deployment records across 6 states and territories.
- 3,704
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #513 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 6
- states and territories with filings
- #13 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.
Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. state-reach reading
Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #49 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (6 states), with 3,704 records behind that footprint.
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Blackfoot 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 81.7% of Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s filings (3,026 of 3,704), 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-BLACKFOOT-TELEPHONE-COOPE · Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 3,704 records · 6 states
3,704 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-REGION
- BOOK-SMALL 3,704
- RANK-UPPER #513
- FOOT-REGION 6 states
- IN-ST-UPPER #13 in Montana
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Thacker-Grigsby Telep…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #49 by states
Nearest record peer: Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Company, Inc. ( -1 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
- Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 3,704
- Thacker-Grigsby Telep… 3,703
- Chickasaw Holding Com… 3,707
- United Services 3,714
- River Valley Telephon… 3,685
Providers near Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. on state reach
Peer filers for Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. by state/territory reach in the second panel; the first panel still shows nearest record-volume neighbours (record floor ≥1,000, state floor ≥2).
Similar deployment-record volume
Nearest filers by total Form 477 records (3,704 here).
Similar state/territory reach
Nearest filers by states with filings (6 here), excluding the record-volume set.
Speed-tier climate where Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 6 states where Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 15.3% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 9.2 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Blackfoot 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 Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. highlighted
3,704 records · #513 of 2,138
Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. sits at roughly the 76th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 4.7x the median provider's 781 records.
Coverage Footprint
View all 6 states as a list
Where Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Reports the Most
Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. - top states by reported deployment records
Montana leads · 3,026 records
Full State Breakdown
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
Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Company, Inc. (3,703) · Chickasaw Holding Company (3,707) · United Services, Inc. (3,714) · River Valley Telephone Coop. (3,685) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s reported footprint in Montana, its largest state by filings (3,026 records). Montana state page
- Compare against Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Company, Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Company, Inc.
- 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.