Golden West Telecommunications
Data updated June 2026
Golden West Telecommunications opens on filing volume: #113 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (22,274 records). Compare its Form 477 record book to peer filers and the states where it reports the most blocks.
Filing volume, in one line
Golden West Telecommunications opens on filing volume: #113 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (22,274 records). Golden West Telecommunications reports localized broadband footprint: 22,274 Form 477 deployment records across 2 states and territories.
- 22,274
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #113 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 2
- states and territories with filings
- #4 of 58 providers reporting in South Dakota
- rank among providers in South Dakota alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Golden West Telecommunications filing-volume reading
Golden West Telecommunications opens on filing volume: #113 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (22,274 records).
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Golden West Telecommunications 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.
South Dakota alone accounts for 98.8% of Golden West Telecommunications's filings (22,015 of 22,274), 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-GOLDEN-WEST-TELECOMMUNICA · Golden West Telecommunications 22,274 records · 2 states
22,274 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-UNK
- BOOK-MID 22,274
- RANK-UPPER #113
- FOOT-UNK Footprint pending
- IN-ST-UPPER #4 in South Dakota
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wyoming.Com
- MED-10X+ 29× median
- COV-BROAD #187 by states
Nearest record peer: Wyoming.Com (+ 46 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
- Golden West Telecommunications 22,274
- Wyoming.Com 22,320
- Razzo Link 22,200
- Bluespan Wireless 22,186
- Shenandoah Telecommun… 22,369
Providers near Golden West Telecommunications on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for Golden West Telecommunications 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 (22,274 here).
Similar state/territory reach
Nearest filers by states with filings (2 here), excluding the record-volume set.
Speed-tier climate where Golden West Telecommunications files
Record-weighted across the 2 states where Golden West Telecommunications files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 18.6% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 6.0 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Golden West Telecommunications'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 Golden West Telecommunications Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Golden West Telecommunications highlighted
22,274 records · #113 of 2,138
Golden West Telecommunications sits at the top 5% by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 29x the median provider's 781 records.
Coverage Footprint
View all 2 states as a list
Where Golden West Telecommunications Reports the Most
Golden West Telecommunications - top states by reported deployment records
South Dakota leads · 22,015 records
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| South Dakota | 22,015 |
| Nebraska | 259 |
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
Wyoming.Com (22,320) · Razzo Link, Inc. (22,200) · Bluespan Wireless, LLC (22,186) · Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (22,369) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Golden West Telecommunications's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Golden West Telecommunications's reported footprint in South Dakota, its largest state by filings (22,015 records). South Dakota state page
- Compare against Wyoming.Com, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Wyoming.Com
- 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.