Speed of Light Broadband
Data updated June 2026
Speed of Light Broadband opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 6,258 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Speed of Light Broadband opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 6,258 records behind that footprint. Speed of Light Broadband reports localized broadband footprint: 6,258 Form 477 deployment records across 2 states and territories.
- 6,258
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #361 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 2
- states and territories with filings
- #50 of 211 providers reporting in Texas
- rank among providers in Texas alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Speed of Light Broadband state-reach reading
Speed of Light Broadband opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 6,258 records behind that footprint.
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Speed of Light Broadband 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.
Texas alone accounts for 98.6% of Speed of Light Broadband's filings (6,171 of 6,258), 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-SPEED-OF-LIGHT-BROADBAND · Speed of Light Broadband 6,258 records · 2 states
6,258 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-UNK
- BOOK-SMALL 6,258
- RANK-UPPER #361
- FOOT-UNK Footprint pending
- IN-ST-UPPER #50 in Texas
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ netBlazr
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #187 by states
Nearest record peer: netBlazr Inc. (+ 10 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
- Speed of Light Broadband 6,258
- netBlazr 6,268
- Blip Networks 6,270
- 3 Rivers Telephone Co… 6,244
- Trinity Comm. 6,282
Providers near Speed of Light Broadband on state reach
Peer filers for Speed of Light Broadband 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 (6,258 here).
Similar state/territory reach
Nearest filers by states with filings (2 here), excluding the record-volume set.
Speed-tier climate where Speed of Light Broadband files
Record-weighted across the 2 states where Speed of Light Broadband files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 25.6% 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 Speed of Light Broadband'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 Speed of Light Broadband Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Speed of Light Broadband highlighted
6,258 records · #361 of 2,138
Speed of Light Broadband sits at roughly the 83rd percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 8.0x the median provider's 781 records.
Coverage Footprint
View all 2 states as a list
Where Speed of Light Broadband Reports the Most
Speed of Light Broadband - top states by reported deployment records
Texas leads · 6,171 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
netBlazr Inc. (6,268) · Blip Networks, LLC (6,270) · 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (6,244) · Trinity Communications (6,282) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Speed of Light Broadband's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Speed of Light Broadband's reported footprint in Texas, its largest state by filings (6,171 records). Texas state page
- Compare against netBlazr Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to netBlazr 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.