Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
Rainbow Telecommunications Association, 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
Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. opens on filing volume: #310 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (7,400 records). Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 7,400 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 7,400
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #310 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #25 of 108 providers reporting in Kansas
- rank among providers in Kansas 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.
Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. filing-volume reading
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Rainbow Telecommunications Association, 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.
Kansas alone accounts for 100.0% of Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc.'s filings (7,400 of 7,400), 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-RAINBOW-TELECOMMUNICATION · Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. 7,400 records · 1 state
7,400 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 7,400
- RANK-UPPER #310
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-UPPER #25 in Kansas
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eastex Telephone Coop…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc. ( -15 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
- Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. 7,400
- Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 7,385
- MGW Communications, Inc. 7,431
- Northern Telephone and Data Corp. 7,367
- Dickey Rural Telephone Cooperative 7,473
Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. among its record-volume peers
Filing volume alone does not predict state reach: Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. and its 6 nearest record-volume peers each cover a different number of states.
Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. vs. its 6 nearest record-volume peers
A crawlable text summary: Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. filed 7,400 records across 1 state, against a peer-group median of 7,400 records and 1 states.
Providers near Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for Rainbow Telecommunications Association, 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 (7,400 here).
Speed-tier climate where Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 13.4% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 11.2 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc.'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 Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. highlighted
7,400 records · #310 of 2,138
Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc. sits at roughly the 86th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 9.5x the median provider's 781 records.
- Kansas 7,400
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 7,400 |
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) · MGW Communications, Inc. (7,431) · Northern Telephone and Data Corp. (7,367) · Dickey Rural Telephone Cooperative (7,473) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc.'s reported footprint in Kansas, its largest state by filings (7,400 records). Kansas 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.