South Arkansas Telephone Co.
Data updated June 2026
South Arkansas Telephone Co. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,471 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
South Arkansas Telephone Co. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,471 records behind that footprint. South Arkansas Telephone Co. reports localized broadband footprint: 1,471 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 1,471
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #841 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #29 of 72 providers reporting in Arkansas
- rank among providers in Arkansas alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
South Arkansas Telephone Co. state-reach reading
South Arkansas Telephone Co. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,471 records behind that footprint.
South Arkansas Telephone Co. sits in the middle third of Form 477 providers by record volume (329–2,064). Mid-pack filers often mix dense local markets with thin out-of-state blocks under the same holding name.
Arkansas alone accounts for 100.0% of South Arkansas Telephone Co.'s filings (1,471 of 1,471), 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-SOUTH-ARKANSAS-TELEPHONE- · South Arkansas Telephone Co. 1,471 records · 1 state
1,471 · RANK-MID · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 1,471
- RANK-MID #841
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #29 in Arkansas
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scott County Telephon…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Scott County Telephone Cooperative (+ 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
- South Arkansas Telephone Co. 1,471
- Scott County Telephon… 1,471
- Western Iowa Telephon… 1,474
- Nortex Comm. 1,468
- Steelville Telephone… 1,465
Providers near South Arkansas Telephone Co. on state reach
Peer filers for South Arkansas Telephone Co. 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 (1,471 here).
Speed-tier climate where South Arkansas Telephone Co. files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where South Arkansas Telephone Co. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 18.7% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 5.9 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not South Arkansas Telephone Co.'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 South Arkansas Telephone Co. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, South Arkansas Telephone Co. highlighted
1,471 records · #841 of 2,138
South Arkansas Telephone Co. sits at roughly the 61st percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 1.9x the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | 1,471 |
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
Scott County Telephone Cooperative (1,471) · Western Iowa Telephone Association (1,474) · Nortex Communications (1,468) · Steelville Telephone Exchange, Inc. (1,465) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with South Arkansas Telephone Co.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check South Arkansas Telephone Co.'s reported footprint in Arkansas, its largest state by filings (1,471 records). Arkansas state page
- Compare against Scott County Telephone Cooperative, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Scott County Telephone Cooperative
- 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.