Preston Telephone Company
Data updated June 2026
Preston Telephone Company opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 312 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Preston Telephone Company opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 312 records behind that footprint. Preston Telephone Company reports localized broadband footprint: 312 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 312
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #1,441 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #132 of 207 providers reporting in Iowa
- rank among providers in Iowa alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Preston Telephone Company state-reach reading
Preston Telephone Company opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 312 records behind that footprint.
Preston Telephone Company sits in the lower third of Form 477 providers by record volume (< 329). Thin filing books still matter when they dominate one state or a niche technology pocket rather than a national residential footprint.
Iowa alone accounts for 100.0% of Preston Telephone Company's filings (312 of 312), 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-PRESTON-TELEPHONE-COMPANY · Preston Telephone Company 312 records · 1 state
312 · RANK-LOWER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MICRO 312
- RANK-LOWER #1,441
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #132 in Iowa
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Southern Tier Wireless
- MED-BELOW Below median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Southern Tier Wireless (+ 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
- Preston Telephone Company 312
- Southern Tier Wireless 312
- TXOL Internet 312
- Coulee Internet Servi… 311
- Forked Deer Electric… 314
Speed-tier climate where Preston Telephone Company files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Preston Telephone Company files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 20.6% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 4.0 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Preston Telephone Company'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 Preston Telephone Company Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Preston Telephone Company highlighted
312 records · #1,441 of 2,138
Preston Telephone Company sits at roughly the 33rd percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 2.5x smaller than the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Iowa | 312 |
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
Southern Tier Wireless (312) · TXOL Internet Inc. (312) · Coulee Internet Services Company (311) · Forked Deer Electric Cooperative, Inc. (314) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Preston Telephone Company's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Preston Telephone Company's reported footprint in Iowa, its largest state by filings (312 records). Iowa state page
- Compare against Southern Tier Wireless, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Southern Tier Wireless
- 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.