Sunrise Communications
Data updated June 2026
Sunrise Communications filed with the FCC across 1 state and territories; every figure below is standardized against 2,138 other filers' state footprints using the same field definitions, so its geographic reach reads in context, not isolation.
State reach, in one line
Sunrise Communications opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 979 records behind that footprint. Sunrise Communications reports localized broadband footprint: 979 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 979
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #981 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #40 of 101 providers reporting in Michigan
- rank among providers in Michigan alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Record scope. Counts are Form 477 records flagged as offered to consumers; at least 90% of this provider's filings are. How the count is scoped.
Sunrise Communications state-reach reading
Sunrise Communications 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.
Michigan alone accounts for 100.0% of Sunrise Communications's filings (979 of 979), 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-SUNRISE-COMMUNICATIONS · Sunrise Communications 979 records · 1 state
979 · RANK-MID · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MICRO 979
- RANK-MID #981
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #40 in Michigan
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ UniFi North
- MED-NEAR Near median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: UniFi North 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, Inc. 11,049,786
- Corpus median 781
- Sunrise Communications 979
- UniFi North LLC 980
- Arkansas Telephone Company, Inc. 977
- Reach Broadband 984
- Cozad Telephone Company 973
Sunrise Communications among its record-volume peers
Filing volume alone does not predict state reach: Sunrise Communications and its 6 nearest record-volume peers each cover a different number of states.
Sunrise Communications vs. its 6 nearest record-volume peers
A crawlable text summary: Sunrise Communications filed 979 records across 1 state, against a peer-group median of 979 records and 1 states.
Speed-tier climate where Sunrise Communications files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Sunrise Communications files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 29.2% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 4.6 pp above the national 24.6% mix. That is the climate of the markets this filer reports in, not Sunrise Communications's own advertised 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 Sunrise Communications Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Sunrise Communications highlighted
979 records · #981 of 2,138
Sunrise Communications sits at roughly the 54th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, close to the median provider's 781 records.
- Michigan 979
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 979 |
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
UniFi North LLC (980) · Arkansas Telephone Company, Inc. (977) · Reach Broadband (984) · Cozad Telephone Company (973) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Sunrise Communications's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Sunrise Communications's reported footprint in Michigan, its largest state by filings (979 records). Michigan state page
- Compare against UniFi North LLC, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to UniFi North 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.