Safelink Internet
Data updated June 2026
Safelink Internet opens on filing volume: #44 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (60,527 records). Compare its Form 477 record book to peer filers and the states where it reports the most blocks.
Filing volume, in one line
Safelink Internet opens on filing volume: #44 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (60,527 records). Safelink Internet reports regional broadband footprint: 60,527 Form 477 deployment records across 4 states and territories.
- 60,527
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #44 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 4
- states and territories with filings
- #4 of 60 providers reporting in Idaho
- rank among providers in Idaho alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Safelink Internet filing-volume reading
Safelink Internet opens on filing volume: #44 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (60,527 records).
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Safelink Internet 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.
Idaho alone accounts for 94.7% of Safelink Internet's filings (57,341 of 60,527), 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-SAFELINK-INTERNET · Safelink Internet 60,527 records · 4 states
60,527 · RANK-TOP · FOOT-REGION
- BOOK-MID 60,527
- RANK-TOP #44
- FOOT-REGION 4 states
- IN-ST-UPPER #4 in Idaho
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gutierrez-Palmenberg
- MED-10X+ 77× median
- COV-BROAD #73 by states
Nearest record peer: Gutierrez-Palmenberg, Inc. ( -832 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
- Safelink Internet 60,527
- Gutierrez-Palmenberg 59,695
- OSNET Wireless 62,092
- NMSURF 57,840
- Arvig Enterprises 56,721
Providers near Safelink Internet on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for Safelink Internet 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 (60,527 here).
Similar state/territory reach
Nearest filers by states with filings (4 here), excluding the record-volume set.
Speed-tier climate where Safelink Internet files
Record-weighted across the 4 states where Safelink Internet files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 10.1% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 14.5 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Safelink Internet'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 Safelink Internet Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Safelink Internet highlighted
60,527 records · #44 of 2,138
Safelink Internet sits at the top 2% by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 77x the median provider's 781 records.
Coverage Footprint
View all 4 states as a list
Where Safelink Internet Reports the Most
Safelink Internet - top states by reported deployment records
Idaho leads · 57,341 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
Gutierrez-Palmenberg, Inc. (59,695) · OSNET Wireless Corp. (62,092) · NMSURF, Inc. (57,840) · Arvig Enterprises, Inc. (56,721) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Safelink Internet's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Safelink Internet's reported footprint in Idaho, its largest state by filings (57,341 records). Idaho state page
- Compare against Gutierrez-Palmenberg, Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Gutierrez-Palmenberg, 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.