Northern Telephone and Data Corp.
Data updated June 2026
Northern Telephone and Data Corp. opens on filing volume: #312 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (7,367 records). Compare its Form 477 record book to peer filers and the states where it reports the most blocks.
Filing volume, in one line
Northern Telephone and Data Corp. opens on filing volume: #312 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (7,367 records). Northern Telephone and Data Corp. reports localized broadband footprint: 7,367 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 7,367
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #312 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #17 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.
Northern Telephone and Data Corp. filing-volume reading
Northern Telephone and Data Corp. opens on filing volume: #312 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (7,367 records).
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Northern Telephone and Data Corp. 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.
Wisconsin alone accounts for 100.0% of Northern Telephone and Data Corp.'s filings (7,367 of 7,367), 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-NORTHERN-TELEPHONE-AND-DA · Northern Telephone and Data Corp. 7,367 records · 1 state
7,367 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 7,367
- RANK-UPPER #312
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-UPPER #17 in Wisconsin
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eastex Telephone Coop…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (+ 18 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
- Northern Telephone and Data Corp. 7,367
- Eastex Telephone Coop… 7,385
- Rainbow Telecommunica… 7,400
- MGW Comm. 7,431
- SUMOFIBER 7,301
Providers near Northern Telephone and Data Corp. on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for Northern Telephone and Data Corp. 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 (7,367 here).
Speed-tier climate where Northern Telephone and Data Corp. files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Northern Telephone and Data Corp. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 19.8% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 4.8 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Northern Telephone and Data Corp.'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 Northern Telephone and Data Corp. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Northern Telephone and Data Corp. highlighted
7,367 records · #312 of 2,138
Northern Telephone and Data Corp. sits at roughly the 85th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 9.4x the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 7,367 |
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
Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (7,385) · Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. (7,400) · MGW Communications, Inc. (7,431) · SUMOFIBER (7,301) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Northern Telephone and Data Corp.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Northern Telephone and Data Corp.'s reported footprint in Wisconsin, its largest state by filings (7,367 records). Wisconsin state page
- Compare against Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Eastex Telephone Cooperative, 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.