FCC Form 477 1 state June 2020 data

Skywave Wireless, Inc.

Data updated June 2026

Skywave Wireless, Inc. opens on filing volume: #481 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (4,074 records). Compare its Form 477 record book to peer filers and the states where it reports the most blocks.

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Filing volume, in one line

Skywave Wireless, Inc. opens on filing volume: #481 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (4,074 records). Skywave Wireless, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 4,074 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.

4,074
deployment records reported to the FCC
#481 of 2,138
corpus placement by total records
1
state/territory with filings
#31 of 85 providers reporting in Nebraska
rank among providers in Nebraska alone

Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.

Skywave Wireless, Inc. filing-volume reading

Skywave Wireless, Inc. opens on filing volume: #481 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (4,074 records).

Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Skywave Wireless, 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.

Nebraska alone accounts for 100.0% of Skywave Wireless, Inc.'s filings (4,074 of 4,074), 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-SKYWAVE-WIRELESS-INC · Skywave Wireless, Inc. 4,074 records · 1 state

4,074 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-LOCAL

  • BOOK-SMALL 4,074
  • RANK-UPPER #481
  • FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
  • IN-ST-MID #31 in Nebraska
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ LV.Net
  • MED-ABOVE Above median
  • COV-BROAD #488 by states

Nearest record peer: LV.Net (+ 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.

Providers near Skywave Wireless, Inc. on Form 477 scale

Peer filers for Skywave Wireless, 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.

Speed-tier climate where Skywave Wireless, Inc. files

Record-weighted across the 1 state where Skywave Wireless, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 16.0% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 8.6 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Skywave Wireless, Inc.'s retail offers.

Federal broadband speed-tier distribution Horizontal bar showing the share of 4,073 FCC Form 477 deployment filings across the five federal speed-threshold bands. 27.2% <3/0.768 15.6% 3/0.768 → 25/3 41.3% 25/3 → 100/20 13.2% 100/20 → 1G Sub-broadband 1,106 Legacy 634 Standard 1,681 Giga-capable 536 Gigabit+ 116 4,073 filings · 5 federal speed-threshold bands
Record-weighted Form 477 maxaddown mix across 1 footprint state (state climates, not Skywave Wireless, Inc. retail speeds)

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 Skywave Wireless, Inc. Ranks Nationally

Providers by reported footprint size, Skywave Wireless, Inc. highlighted

4,074 records · #481 of 2,138

Skywave Wireless, Inc. sits at roughly the 78th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 5.2x the median provider's 781 records.

Full State Breakdown

State Records
Nebraska 4,074

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

LV.Net (4,076) · Public Utility District #2 of Grant County, WA (4,068) · Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (4,094) · Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association (4,050) · Form 477 reading guide →

What to do with Skywave Wireless, Inc.'s footprint

A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.

  • Check Skywave Wireless, Inc.'s reported footprint in Nebraska, its largest state by filings (4,074 records). Nebraska state page
  • Compare against LV.Net, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to LV.Net
  • 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.