Indianola Municipal Utilities
Data updated June 2026
Indianola Municipal Utilities opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 285 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Indianola Municipal Utilities opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 285 records behind that footprint. Indianola Municipal Utilities reports localized broadband footprint: 285 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 285
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #1,477 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #138 of 207 providers reporting in Iowa
- rank among providers in Iowa alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Indianola Municipal Utilities state-reach reading
Indianola Municipal Utilities opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 285 records behind that footprint.
Indianola Municipal Utilities sits in the lower third of Form 477 providers by record volume (< 329). Thin filing books still matter when they dominate one state or a niche technology pocket rather than a national residential footprint.
Iowa alone accounts for 100.0% of Indianola Municipal Utilities's filings (285 of 285), 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-INDIANOLA-MUNICIPAL-UTILI · Indianola Municipal Utilities 285 records · 1 state
285 · RANK-LOWER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MICRO 285
- RANK-LOWER #1,477
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #138 in Iowa
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ellsworth Cooperative…
- MED-BELOW Below median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Ellsworth Cooperative Telephone Association (+ 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
- Indianola Municipal Utilities 285
- Ellsworth Cooperative… 285
- Varcomm Holdings 284
- Viola Home Telephone… 284
- Ridgetop Networks 287
Speed-tier climate where Indianola Municipal Utilities files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Indianola Municipal Utilities files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 20.4% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 4.2 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Indianola Municipal Utilities'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 Indianola Municipal Utilities Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Indianola Municipal Utilities highlighted
285 records · #1,477 of 2,138
Indianola Municipal Utilities sits at roughly the 31st percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 2.7x smaller than the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Iowa | 285 |
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
Ellsworth Cooperative Telephone Association (285) · Varcomm Holdings, Inc. (284) · Viola Home Telephone Company (284) · Ridgetop Networks, LLC (287) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Indianola Municipal Utilities's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Indianola Municipal Utilities's reported footprint in Iowa, its largest state by filings (285 records). Iowa state page
- Compare against Ellsworth Cooperative Telephone Association, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Ellsworth Cooperative Telephone Association
- 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.