Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. opens on filing volume: #145 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (17,970 records). Compare its Form 477 record book to peer filers and the states where it reports the most blocks.
Filing volume, in one line
Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. opens on filing volume: #145 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (17,970 records). Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 17,970 Form 477 deployment records across 2 states and territories.
- 17,970
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #145 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 2
- states and territories with filings
- #14 of 114 providers reporting in Minnesota
- rank among providers in Minnesota alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. filing-volume reading
Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. opens on filing volume: #145 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (17,970 records).
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. 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.
Minnesota alone accounts for 78.1% of Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc.'s filings (14,032 of 17,970), 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-HIAWATHA-BROADBAND-COMMUN · Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. 17,970 records · 2 states
17,970 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-UNK
- BOOK-MID 17,970
- RANK-UPPER #145
- FOOT-UNK Footprint pending
- IN-ST-UPPER #14 in Minnesota
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Amplex Electric
- MED-10X+ 23× median
- COV-BROAD #187 by states
Nearest record peer: Amplex Electric, Inc. ( -54 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
- Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. 17,970
- Amplex Electric 17,916
- Visionary Comm. 17,789
- Horry Telephone Coope… 17,782
- Glenwood Telephone Me… 17,653
Providers near Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. 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 (17,970 here).
Similar state/territory reach
Nearest filers by states with filings (2 here), excluding the record-volume set.
Speed-tier climate where Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 2 states where Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 25.3% 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 Hiawatha Broadband 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 Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. highlighted
17,970 records · #145 of 2,138
Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. sits at the top 7% by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 23x the median provider's 781 records.
Coverage Footprint
View all 2 states as a list
Where Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. Reports the Most
Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. - top states by reported deployment records
Minnesota leads · 14,032 records
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
Amplex Electric, Inc. (17,916) · Visionary Communications, Inc. (17,789) · Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (17,782) · Glenwood Telephone Membership Corp. (17,653) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc.'s reported footprint in Minnesota, its largest state by filings (14,032 records). Minnesota state page
- Compare against Amplex Electric, Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Amplex Electric, 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.