Central Alabama Electric Cooperative
Data updated June 2026
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative filed with the FCC across 1 state and territories; every figure below is standardized against 2,138 other filers' state footprints using the same field definitions, so its geographic reach reads in context, not isolation.
State reach, in one line
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 188 records behind that footprint. Central Alabama Electric Cooperative reports localized broadband footprint: 188 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 188
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #1,621 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #48 of 59 providers reporting in Alabama
- rank among providers in Alabama 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.
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative state-reach reading
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative 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.
Alabama alone accounts for 100.0% of Central Alabama Electric Cooperative's filings (188 of 188), 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-CENTRAL-ALABAMA-ELECTRIC- · Central Alabama Electric Cooperative 188 records · 1 state
188 · RANK-LOWER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MICRO 188
- RANK-LOWER #1,621
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #48 in Alabama
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ American Wireless, In…
- MED-BELOW Below median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: American Wireless, Inc. (MO) (+ 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, Inc. 11,049,786
- Corpus median 781
- Central Alabama Electric Cooperative 188
- American Wireless, Inc. (MO) 188
- Patriot Cable System LLC 189
- Cooperative Telephone Exchange 187
- Scio Mutual Telephone Association 190
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative among its record-volume peers
Filing volume alone does not predict state reach: Central Alabama Electric Cooperative and its 6 nearest record-volume peers each cover a different number of states.
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative vs. its 6 nearest record-volume peers
A crawlable text summary: Central Alabama Electric Cooperative filed 188 records across 1 state, against a peer-group median of 188 records and 1 states.
Speed-tier climate where Central Alabama Electric Cooperative files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Central Alabama Electric Cooperative files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 26.1% 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 Central Alabama Electric 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 Central Alabama Electric Cooperative Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Central Alabama Electric Cooperative highlighted
188 records · #1,621 of 2,138
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative sits at roughly the 24th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 4.2x smaller than the median provider's 781 records.
- Alabama 188
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 188 |
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
American Wireless, Inc. (MO) (188) · Patriot Cable System LLC (189) · Cooperative Telephone Exchange (187) · Scio Mutual Telephone Association (190) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Central Alabama Electric Cooperative's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Central Alabama Electric Cooperative's reported footprint in Alabama, its largest state by filings (188 records). Alabama state page
- Compare against American Wireless, Inc. (MO), a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to American Wireless, Inc. (MO)
- 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.