La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. filed with the FCC across 1 state and territories; every figure below is standardized against 2,138 other filers' state footprints using the same field definitions, so its geographic reach reads in context, not isolation.
State reach, in one line
La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 272 records behind that footprint. La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 272 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 272
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #1,494 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #141 of 211 providers reporting in Texas
- rank among providers in Texas alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Record scope. Counts are Form 477 records flagged as offered to consumers; at least 90% of this provider's filings are. How the count is scoped.
La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. state-reach reading
La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. 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.
Texas alone accounts for 100.0% of La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc.'s filings (272 of 272), 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-LA-WARD-TELEPHONE-EXCHANG · La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. 272 records · 1 state
272 · RANK-LOWER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MICRO 272
- RANK-LOWER #1,494
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #141 in Texas
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Telecom West
- MED-BELOW Below median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Telecom West 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, Inc. 11,049,786
- Corpus median 781
- La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. 272
- Telecom West Inc. 272
- Henry County Communications, Inc. 272
- Citizens Vermont Acquisition Company, Inc. 272
- Grace Communications LLC 273
La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. among its record-volume peers
Filing volume alone does not predict state reach: La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. and its 6 nearest record-volume peers each cover a different number of states.
La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. vs. its 6 nearest record-volume peers
A crawlable text summary: La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. filed 272 records across 1 state, against a peer-group median of 272 records and 1 states.
Speed-tier climate where La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 25.7% 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 La Ward Telephone Exchange, 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 La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. highlighted
272 records · #1,494 of 2,138
La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. sits at roughly the 30th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 2.9x smaller than the median provider's 781 records.
- Texas 272
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Texas | 272 |
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
Telecom West Inc. (272) · Henry County Communications, Inc. (272) · Citizens Vermont Acquisition Company, Inc. (272) · Grace Communications LLC (273) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc.'s reported footprint in Texas, its largest state by filings (272 records). Texas state page
- Compare against Telecom West Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Telecom West 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.