River Valley Telephone Coop.
Data updated June 2026
River Valley Telephone Coop. opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 3,685 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
River Valley Telephone Coop. opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 3,685 records behind that footprint. River Valley Telephone Coop. reports localized broadband footprint: 3,685 Form 477 deployment records across 2 states and territories.
- 3,685
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #515 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 2
- states and territories with filings
- #32 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.
River Valley Telephone Coop. state-reach reading
River Valley Telephone Coop. opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 3,685 records behind that footprint.
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, River Valley Telephone Coop. 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.
Iowa alone accounts for 78.1% of River Valley Telephone Coop.'s filings (2,877 of 3,685), 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-RIVER-VALLEY-TELEPHONE-CO · River Valley Telephone Coop. 3,685 records · 2 states
3,685 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-UNK
- BOOK-SMALL 3,685
- RANK-UPPER #515
- FOOT-UNK Footprint pending
- IN-ST-UPPER #32 in Iowa
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Highland Telephone Co…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #187 by states
Nearest record peer: Highland Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (KY & TN) ( -2 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
- River Valley Telephone Coop. 3,685
- Highland Telephone Co… 3,683
- Thacker-Grigsby Telep… 3,703
- Blackfoot Telephone C… 3,704
- Rapid Systems 3,665
Providers near River Valley Telephone Coop. on state reach
Peer filers for River Valley Telephone Coop. 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 (3,685 here).
Similar state/territory reach
Nearest filers by states with filings (2 here), excluding the record-volume set.
Speed-tier climate where River Valley Telephone Coop. files
Record-weighted across the 2 states where River Valley Telephone Coop. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 21.9% 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 River Valley Telephone Coop.'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 River Valley Telephone Coop. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, River Valley Telephone Coop. highlighted
3,685 records · #515 of 2,138
River Valley Telephone Coop. sits at roughly the 76th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 4.7x the median provider's 781 records.
Coverage Footprint
View all 2 states as a list
Where River Valley Telephone Coop. Reports the Most
River Valley Telephone Coop. - top states by reported deployment records
Iowa leads · 2,877 records
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
Highland Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (KY & TN) (3,683) · Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Company, Inc. (3,703) · Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (3,704) · Rapid Systems, Inc. (3,665) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with River Valley Telephone Coop.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check River Valley Telephone Coop.'s reported footprint in Iowa, its largest state by filings (2,877 records). Iowa state page
- Compare against Highland Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (KY & TN), a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Highland Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (KY & TN)
- 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.