Surfnet Communications
Data updated June 2026
Surfnet 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
Surfnet Communications opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 553 records behind that footprint. Surfnet Communications reports localized broadband footprint: 553 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 553
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #1,214 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #72 of 158 providers reporting in California
- rank among providers in California 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.
Surfnet Communications state-reach reading
Surfnet 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.
California alone accounts for 100.0% of Surfnet Communications's filings (553 of 553), 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-SURFNET-COMMUNICATIONS · Surfnet Communications 553 records · 1 state
553 · RANK-MID · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MICRO 553
- RANK-MID #1,214
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #72 in California
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tongue River Comm.
- MED-NEAR Near median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Tongue River Communications (+ 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
- Surfnet Communications 553
- Tongue River Communications 554
- Locl-Net, Inc. 554
- Stowe Communications, LLC 552
- Zulu Internet Inc. 556
Surfnet Communications among its record-volume peers
Filing volume alone does not predict state reach: Surfnet Communications and its 6 nearest record-volume peers each cover a different number of states.
Surfnet Communications vs. its 6 nearest record-volume peers
A crawlable text summary: Surfnet Communications filed 553 records across 1 state, against a peer-group median of 554 records and 1 states.
Speed-tier climate where Surfnet Communications files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Surfnet Communications files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 27.3% 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 Surfnet Communications'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 Surfnet Communications Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Surfnet Communications highlighted
553 records · #1,214 of 2,138
Surfnet Communications sits at roughly the 43rd percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, close to the median provider's 781 records.
- California 553
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| California | 553 |
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
Tongue River Communications (554) · Locl-Net, Inc. (554) · Stowe Communications, LLC (552) · Zulu Internet Inc. (556) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Surfnet Communications's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Surfnet Communications's reported footprint in California, its largest state by filings (553 records). California state page
- Compare against Tongue River Communications, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Tongue River Communications
- 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.