Rural Waves, LLC
Data updated June 2026
Rural Waves, LLC opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 197 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Rural Waves, LLC opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 197 records behind that footprint. Rural Waves, LLC reports localized broadband footprint: 197 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 197
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #1,606 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #158 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.
Rural Waves, LLC state-reach reading
Rural Waves, LLC opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 197 records behind that footprint.
Rural Waves, LLC 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 Rural Waves, LLC's filings (197 of 197), 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-RURAL-WAVES-LLC · Rural Waves, LLC 197 records · 1 state
197 · RANK-LOWER · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MICRO 197
- RANK-LOWER #1,606
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #158 in Iowa
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pioneer Telephone Hol…
- MED-BELOW Below median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Pioneer Telephone Holding Company (+ 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
- Rural Waves, LLC 197
- Pioneer Telephone Hol… 197
- Good Connections 197
- Premier Holdings 198
- Milford Comm. 198
Speed-tier climate where Rural Waves, LLC files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Rural Waves, LLC files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 20.3% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 4.3 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Rural Waves, LLC'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 Rural Waves, LLC Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Rural Waves, LLC highlighted
197 records · #1,606 of 2,138
Rural Waves, LLC sits at roughly the 25th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 4.0x smaller than the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Iowa | 197 |
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
Pioneer Telephone Holding Company (197) · Good Connections, LLC (197) · Premier Holdings LLC (198) · Milford Communications, LLC (198) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Rural Waves, LLC's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Rural Waves, LLC's reported footprint in Iowa, its largest state by filings (197 records). Iowa state page
- Compare against Pioneer Telephone Holding Company, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Pioneer Telephone Holding 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.