Northwest Communications Cooperative
Data updated June 2026
Northwest Communications Cooperative opens on filing volume: #281 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (8,205 records). Compare its Form 477 record book to peer filers and the states where it reports the most blocks.
Filing volume, in one line
Northwest Communications Cooperative opens on filing volume: #281 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (8,205 records). Northwest Communications Cooperative reports localized broadband footprint: 8,205 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 8,205
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #281 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #12 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.
Northwest Communications Cooperative filing-volume reading
Northwest Communications Cooperative opens on filing volume: #281 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (8,205 records).
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Northwest Communications Cooperative 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 Northwest Communications Cooperative's filings (8,205 of 8,205), 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-NORTHWEST-COMMUNICATIONS- · Northwest Communications Cooperative 8,205 records · 1 state
8,205 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 8,205
- RANK-UPPER #281
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #12 in North Dakota
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ BTWI
- MED-10X+ 11× median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: BTWI LLC (+ 28 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
- Northwest Communications Cooperative 8,205
- BTWI 8,233
- Sonic Spectrum 8,177
- Otelco 8,082
- Empire Telephone Corp… 8,332
Providers near Northwest Communications Cooperative on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for Northwest Communications Cooperative 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 (8,205 here).
Speed-tier climate where Northwest Communications Cooperative files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Northwest Communications Cooperative 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 Northwest Communications Cooperative'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 Northwest Communications Cooperative Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Northwest Communications Cooperative highlighted
8,205 records · #281 of 2,138
Northwest Communications Cooperative sits at roughly the 87th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 11x the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| North Dakota | 8,205 |
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
BTWI LLC (8,233) · Sonic Spectrum, Inc (8,177) · Otelco Inc. (8,082) · Empire Telephone Corporation/North Penn Telephone Company (8,332) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Northwest Communications Cooperative's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Northwest Communications Cooperative's reported footprint in North Dakota, its largest state by filings (8,205 records). North Dakota state page
- Compare against BTWI LLC, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to BTWI LLC
- 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.