North Dakota Telephone Company
Data updated June 2026
North Dakota Telephone Company opens on filing volume: #131 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (20,434 records). Compare its Form 477 record book to peer filers and the states where it reports the most blocks.
Filing volume, in one line
North Dakota Telephone Company opens on filing volume: #131 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (20,434 records). North Dakota Telephone Company reports localized broadband footprint: 20,434 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 20,434
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #131 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #5 of 34 providers reporting in North Dakota
- rank among providers in North Dakota alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
North Dakota Telephone Company filing-volume reading
North Dakota Telephone Company opens on filing volume: #131 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (20,434 records).
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, North Dakota Telephone Company 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.
North Dakota alone accounts for 100.0% of North Dakota Telephone Company's filings (20,434 of 20,434), 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-NORTH-DAKOTA-TELEPHONE-CO · North Dakota Telephone Company 20,434 records · 1 state
20,434 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MID 20,434
- RANK-UPPER #131
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-UPPER #5 in North Dakota
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Triangle Telephone Co…
- MED-10X+ 26× median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Triangle Telephone Cooperative Assn., Inc. ( -46 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
- North Dakota Telephone Company 20,434
- Triangle Telephone Co… 20,388
- FDF Comm. 20,570
- BHT Investment Holdin… 20,743
- Ptera 20,062
Providers near North Dakota Telephone Company on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for North Dakota Telephone Company 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 (20,434 here).
Speed-tier climate where North Dakota Telephone Company files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where North Dakota Telephone Company files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 26.9% 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 North Dakota Telephone Company'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 North Dakota Telephone Company Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, North Dakota Telephone Company highlighted
20,434 records · #131 of 2,138
North Dakota Telephone Company sits at the top 6% by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 26x the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| North Dakota | 20,434 |
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
Triangle Telephone Cooperative Assn., Inc. (20,388) · FDF Communications Co. (20,570) · BHT Investment Holdings LLC (20,743) · Ptera Inc (20,062) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with North Dakota Telephone Company's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check North Dakota Telephone Company's reported footprint in North Dakota, its largest state by filings (20,434 records). North Dakota state page
- Compare against Triangle Telephone Cooperative Assn., Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Triangle Telephone Cooperative Assn., 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.