MGW Communications, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
MGW Communications, Inc. opens on filing volume: #309 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (7,431 records). Compare its Form 477 record book to peer filers and the states where it reports the most blocks.
Filing volume, in one line
MGW Communications, Inc. opens on filing volume: #309 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (7,431 records). MGW Communications, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 7,431 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 7,431
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #309 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #16 of 80 providers reporting in Virginia
- rank among providers in Virginia alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
MGW Communications, Inc. filing-volume reading
MGW Communications, Inc. opens on filing volume: #309 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (7,431 records).
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, MGW 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.
Virginia alone accounts for 100.0% of MGW Communications, Inc.'s filings (7,431 of 7,431), 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-MGW-COMMUNICATIONS-INC · MGW Communications, Inc. 7,431 records · 1 state
7,431 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 7,431
- RANK-UPPER #309
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-UPPER #16 in Virginia
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rainbow Telecommunica…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. ( -31 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
- MGW Communications, Inc. 7,431
- Rainbow Telecommunica… 7,400
- Dickey Rural Telephon… 7,473
- Eastex Telephone Coop… 7,385
- Northern Telephone an… 7,367
Providers near MGW Communications, Inc. on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for MGW 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 (7,431 here).
Speed-tier climate where MGW Communications, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where MGW Communications, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 24.5% 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 MGW 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 MGW Communications, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, MGW Communications, Inc. highlighted
7,431 records · #309 of 2,138
MGW Communications, Inc. sits at roughly the 86th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 9.5x the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 7,431 |
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
Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. (7,400) · Dickey Rural Telephone Cooperative (7,473) · Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (7,385) · Northern Telephone and Data Corp. (7,367) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with MGW Communications, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check MGW Communications, Inc.'s reported footprint in Virginia, its largest state by filings (7,431 records). Virginia state page
- Compare against Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Rainbow Telecommunications Association, 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.