Grafton Communications, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
Grafton Communications, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,344 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Grafton Communications, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,344 records behind that footprint. Grafton Communications, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 1,344 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 1,344
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #880 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #51 of 143 providers reporting in Illinois
- rank among providers in Illinois alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Grafton Communications, Inc. state-reach reading
Grafton Communications, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,344 records behind that footprint.
Grafton Communications, Inc. sits in the middle third of Form 477 providers by record volume (329–2,064). Mid-pack filers often mix dense local markets with thin out-of-state blocks under the same holding name.
Illinois alone accounts for 100.0% of Grafton Communications, Inc.'s filings (1,344 of 1,344), 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-GRAFTON-COMMUNICATIONS-IN · Grafton Communications, Inc. 1,344 records · 1 state
1,344 · RANK-MID · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 1,344
- RANK-MID #880
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #51 in Illinois
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ State Telephone Compa…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: State Telephone Company, Inc. (+ 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
- Grafton Communications, Inc. 1,344
- State Telephone Compa… 1,344
- Price County Telephon… 1,346
- Kainos Technologies 1,334
- Delta High Speed Inte… 1,356
Providers near Grafton Communications, Inc. on state reach
Peer filers for Grafton Communications, 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 (1,344 here).
Speed-tier climate where Grafton Communications, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Grafton Communications, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 21.9% 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 Grafton Communications, Inc.'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 Grafton Communications, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Grafton Communications, Inc. highlighted
1,344 records · #880 of 2,138
Grafton Communications, Inc. sits at roughly the 59th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 1.7x the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 1,344 |
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
State Telephone Company, Inc. (1,344) · Price County Telephone Company (1,346) · Kainos Technologies, LLC (1,334) · Delta High Speed Internet (1,356) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Grafton Communications, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Grafton Communications, Inc.'s reported footprint in Illinois, its largest state by filings (1,344 records). Illinois state page
- Compare against State Telephone Company, Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to State 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.