Southwestern Wireless, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
Southwestern Wireless, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 1,593 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Southwestern Wireless, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 1,593 records behind that footprint. Southwestern Wireless, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 1,593 Form 477 deployment records across 2 states and territories.
- 1,593
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #805 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 2
- states and territories with filings
- #29 of 52 providers reporting in New Mexico
- rank among providers in New Mexico alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Southwestern Wireless, Inc. state-reach reading
Southwestern Wireless, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 1,593 records behind that footprint.
Southwestern Wireless, Inc. 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.
New Mexico alone accounts for 73.8% of Southwestern Wireless, Inc.'s filings (1,175 of 1,593), 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-SOUTHWESTERN-WIRELESS-INC · Southwestern Wireless, Inc. 1,593 records · 2 states
1,593 · RANK-MID · FOOT-UNK
- BOOK-SMALL 1,593
- RANK-MID #805
- FOOT-UNK Footprint pending
- IN-ST-MID #29 in New Mexico
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plains Cooperative Te…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #187 by states
Nearest record peer: Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. (+ 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
- Southwestern Wireless, Inc. 1,593
- Plains Cooperative Te… 1,593
- WireFree Comm. 1,592
- Spruce Knob Seneca Ro… 1,590
- Paladin Wireless 1,586
Providers near Southwestern Wireless, Inc. on state reach
Peer filers for Southwestern Wireless, Inc. 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 (1,593 here).
Similar state/territory reach
Nearest filers by states with filings (2 here), excluding the record-volume set.
Speed-tier climate where Southwestern Wireless, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 2 states where Southwestern Wireless, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 17.4% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 7.2 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Southwestern Wireless, Inc.'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 Southwestern Wireless, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Southwestern Wireless, Inc. highlighted
1,593 records · #805 of 2,138
Southwestern Wireless, Inc. sits at roughly the 62nd percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 2.0x the median provider's 781 records.
Coverage Footprint
View all 2 states as a list
Where Southwestern Wireless, Inc. Reports the Most
Southwestern Wireless, Inc. - top states by reported deployment records
New Mexico leads · 1,175 records
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| New Mexico | 1,175 |
| Texas | 418 |
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
Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. (1,593) · WireFree Communications, Inc. (1,592) · Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks Telephone, Inc. (1,590) · Paladin Wireless LLC (1,586) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Southwestern Wireless, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Southwestern Wireless, Inc.'s reported footprint in New Mexico, its largest state by filings (1,175 records). New Mexico state page
- Compare against Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, 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.