Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. filed these Form 477 broadband deployment records with the FCC; every figure below is standardized against 2,138 other nationwide filers using the same field definitions, so its filing volume reads in context, not isolation.
Filing volume, in one line
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. opens on filing volume: #426 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (4,849 records). Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 4,849 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 4,849
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #426 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #16 of 37 providers reporting in South Carolina
- rank among providers in South Carolina alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Record scope. Counts are Form 477 records flagged as offered to consumers; at least 90% of this provider's filings are. How the count is scoped.
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. filing-volume reading
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, 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.
South Carolina alone accounts for 100.0% of Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s filings (4,849 of 4,849), 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-PALMETTO-RURAL-TELEPHONE- · Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 4,849 records · 1 state
4,849 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 4,849
- RANK-UPPER #426
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #16 in South Carolina
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Consolidated Telephon…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Consolidated Telephone Company (+ 5 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, Inc. 11,049,786
- Corpus median 781
- Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 4,849
- Consolidated Telephone Company 4,854
- South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative 4,835
- Outback Internet LLC 4,867
- Wave Wireless LLC 4,872
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. among its record-volume peers
Filing volume alone does not predict state reach: Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. and its 6 nearest record-volume peers each cover a different number of states.
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. vs. its 6 nearest record-volume peers
A crawlable text summary: Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. filed 4,849 records across 1 state, against a peer-group median of 4,849 records and 1 states.
Providers near Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, 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 (4,849 here).
Speed-tier climate where Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 27.0% 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 Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, 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 Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. highlighted
4,849 records · #426 of 2,138
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. sits at roughly the 80th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 6.2x the median provider's 781 records.
- South Carolina 4,849
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| South Carolina | 4,849 |
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
Consolidated Telephone Company (4,854) · South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative (4,835) · Outback Internet LLC (4,867) · Wave Wireless LLC (4,872) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s reported footprint in South Carolina, its largest state by filings (4,849 records). South Carolina state page
- Compare against Consolidated Telephone Company, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Consolidated Telephone Company
- 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.