Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,593 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,593 records behind that footprint. Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 1,593 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 1,593
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #805 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #31 of 108 providers reporting in Colorado
- rank among providers in Colorado alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. state-reach reading
Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,593 records behind that footprint.
Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. 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.
Colorado alone accounts for 100.0% of Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc.'s filings (1,593 of 1,593), 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-PLAINS-COOPERATIVE-TELEPH · Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. 1,593 records · 1 state
1,593 · RANK-MID · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 1,593
- RANK-MID #805
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #31 in Colorado
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Southwestern Wireless
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Southwestern Wireless, 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
- Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. 1,593
- Southwestern Wireless 1,593
- WireFree Comm. 1,592
- Spruce Knob Seneca Ro… 1,590
- Paladin Wireless 1,586
Providers near Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. on state reach
Peer filers for Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. 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 (1,593 here).
Speed-tier climate where Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 28.3% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 3.7 pp above the national 24.6% mix. That is the climate of the markets this filer reports in, not Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc.'s own advertised speeds.
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 Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. highlighted
1,593 records · #805 of 2,138
Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. sits at roughly the 62nd percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 2.0x the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 1,593 |
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
Southwestern Wireless, Inc. (1,593) · WireFree Communications, Inc. (1,592) · Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks Telephone, Inc. (1,590) · Paladin Wireless LLC (1,586) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc.'s reported footprint in Colorado, its largest state by filings (1,593 records). Colorado state page
- Compare against Southwestern Wireless, Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Southwestern Wireless, 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.