Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services
Data updated June 2026
Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 826 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 826 records behind that footprint. Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services reports localized broadband footprint: 826 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 826
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #1,043 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #66 of 114 providers reporting in Minnesota
- rank among providers in Minnesota alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services state-reach reading
Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 826 records behind that footprint.
Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services 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.
Minnesota alone accounts for 100.0% of Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services's filings (826 of 826), 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-SOUTHWEST-MINNESOTA-BROAD · Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services 826 records · 1 state
826 · RANK-MID · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MICRO 826
- RANK-MID #1,043
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #66 in Minnesota
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Treehouse Broadband
- MED-NEAR Near median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Treehouse Broadband, LLC (+ 1 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
- Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services 826
- Treehouse Broadband 827
- ValuNet 825
- Newport Utilities 828
- American Samoa Teleco… 823
Speed-tier climate where Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 26.8% 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 Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services'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 Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services highlighted
826 records · #1,043 of 2,138
Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services sits at roughly the 51st percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, close to the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | 826 |
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
Treehouse Broadband, LLC (827) · ValuNet, LLC (825) · Newport Utilities (828) · American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (823) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services's reported footprint in Minnesota, its largest state by filings (826 records). Minnesota state page
- Compare against Treehouse Broadband, LLC, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Treehouse Broadband, LLC
- 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.