Great Lakes Energy
Data updated June 2026
Great Lakes Energy opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 925 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Great Lakes Energy opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 925 records behind that footprint. Great Lakes Energy reports localized broadband footprint: 925 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 925
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #1,008 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #42 of 101 providers reporting in Michigan
- rank among providers in Michigan alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Great Lakes Energy state-reach reading
Great Lakes Energy opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 925 records behind that footprint.
Great Lakes Energy 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.
Michigan alone accounts for 100.0% of Great Lakes Energy's filings (925 of 925), 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-GREAT-LAKES-ENERGY · Great Lakes Energy 925 records · 1 state
925 · RANK-MID · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MICRO 925
- RANK-MID #1,008
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #42 in Michigan
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ NEXT, Powered by NAEC
- MED-NEAR Near median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: NEXT, Powered by NAEC, LLC ( -6 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
- Great Lakes Energy 925
- NEXT, Powered by NAEC 919
- Smartcom Telephone 935
- Ken-Tenn Wireless 915
- VVD Funding 914
Speed-tier climate where Great Lakes Energy files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Great Lakes Energy files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 29.2% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 4.6 pp above the national 24.6% mix. That is the climate of the markets this filer reports in, not Great Lakes Energy's own advertised speeds.
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 Great Lakes Energy Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Great Lakes Energy highlighted
925 records · #1,008 of 2,138
Great Lakes Energy sits at roughly the 53rd percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, close to the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 925 |
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
NEXT, Powered by NAEC, LLC (919) · Smartcom Telephone, LLC (935) · Ken-Tenn Wireless, LLC (915) · VVD Funding LLC (914) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Great Lakes Energy's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Great Lakes Energy's reported footprint in Michigan, its largest state by filings (925 records). Michigan state page
- Compare against NEXT, Powered by NAEC, LLC, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to NEXT, Powered by NAEC, LLC
- 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.