Nelson Telephone Cooperative
Data updated June 2026
Nelson Telephone Cooperative opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,227 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Nelson Telephone Cooperative opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,227 records behind that footprint. Nelson Telephone Cooperative reports localized broadband footprint: 1,227 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 1,227
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #907 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #43 of 90 providers reporting in Wisconsin
- rank among providers in Wisconsin alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Nelson Telephone Cooperative state-reach reading
Nelson Telephone Cooperative opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,227 records behind that footprint.
Nelson Telephone Cooperative 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.
Wisconsin alone accounts for 100.0% of Nelson Telephone Cooperative's filings (1,227 of 1,227), 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-NELSON-TELEPHONE-COOPERAT · Nelson Telephone Cooperative 1,227 records · 1 state
1,227 · RANK-MID · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 1,227
- RANK-MID #907
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #43 in Wisconsin
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hot Spot Broadband
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Hot Spot Broadband, 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 11,049,786
- Corpus median 781
- Nelson Telephone Cooperative 1,227
- Hot Spot Broadband 1,227
- City of Longmont 1,224
- The Champlain Telepho… 1,232
- Harris Broadband LP 1,221
Providers near Nelson Telephone Cooperative on state reach
Peer filers for Nelson Telephone Cooperative by state/territory reach in the second panel; the first panel still shows nearest record-volume neighbours (record floor ≥1,000, state floor ≥2).
Similar deployment-record volume
Nearest filers by total Form 477 records (1,227 here).
Speed-tier climate where Nelson Telephone Cooperative files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Nelson Telephone Cooperative files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 19.7% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 4.9 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Nelson Telephone Cooperative'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 Nelson Telephone Cooperative Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Nelson Telephone Cooperative highlighted
1,227 records · #907 of 2,138
Nelson Telephone Cooperative sits at roughly the 58th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 1.6x the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 1,227 |
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
Hot Spot Broadband, Inc. (1,227) · City of Longmont (1,224) · The Champlain Telephone Company (1,232) · Harris Broadband LP (1,221) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Nelson Telephone Cooperative's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Nelson Telephone Cooperative's reported footprint in Wisconsin, its largest state by filings (1,227 records). Wisconsin state page
- Compare against Hot Spot Broadband, Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Hot Spot Broadband, 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.