Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative
Data updated June 2026
Dakota Central Telecommunications 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
Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative opens on filing volume: #347 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (6,515 records). Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative reports localized broadband footprint: 6,515 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 6,515
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #347 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #15 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.
Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative filing-volume reading
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Dakota Central Telecommunications 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 Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative's filings (6,515 of 6,515), 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-DAKOTA-CENTRAL-TELECOMMUN · Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative 6,515 records · 1 state
6,515 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 6,515
- RANK-UPPER #347
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #15 in North Dakota
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ PrineTime Internet So…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: PrineTime Internet Solutions ( -2 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
- Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative 6,515
- PrineTime Internet Solutions 6,513
- Dell Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 6,504
- Twin Valley Management, Inc. 6,473
- OACYS Technology 6,470
Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative among its record-volume peers
Filing volume alone does not predict state reach: Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative and its 6 nearest record-volume peers each cover a different number of states.
Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative vs. its 6 nearest record-volume peers
A crawlable text summary: Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative filed 6,515 records across 1 state, against a peer-group median of 6,513 records and 1 states.
Providers near Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for Dakota Central Telecommunications 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 (6,515 here).
Speed-tier climate where Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Dakota Central Telecommunications 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 Dakota Central Telecommunications 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 Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative highlighted
6,515 records · #347 of 2,138
Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative sits at roughly the 84th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 8.3x the median provider's 781 records.
- North Dakota 6,515
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| North Dakota | 6,515 |
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
PrineTime Internet Solutions (6,513) · Dell Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (6,504) · Twin Valley Management, Inc. (6,473) · OACYS Technology (6,470) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative's reported footprint in North Dakota, its largest state by filings (6,515 records). North Dakota state page
- Compare against PrineTime Internet Solutions, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to PrineTime Internet Solutions
- 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.