Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. 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
Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 603 records behind that footprint. Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 603 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 603
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #1,174 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #64 of 143 providers reporting in Illinois
- rank among providers in Illinois 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.
Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. state-reach reading
Tel-Star Cablevision, 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.
Illinois alone accounts for 100.0% of Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc.'s filings (603 of 603), 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-TEL-STAR-CABLEVISION-INC · Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. 603 records · 1 state
603 · RANK-MID · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-MICRO 603
- RANK-MID #1,174
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #64 in Illinois
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mabel Cooperative Tel…
- MED-NEAR Near median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Mabel Cooperative Telephone Company (+ 2 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
- Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. 603
- Mabel Cooperative Telephone Company 605
- Danville Mutual Telephone Company 605
- Bloomingdale Telephone Company, Inc. 601
- Smart City Finance, LLC 601
Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. among its record-volume peers
Filing volume alone does not predict state reach: Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. and its 6 nearest record-volume peers each cover a different number of states.
Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. vs. its 6 nearest record-volume peers
A crawlable text summary: Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. filed 603 records across 1 state, against a peer-group median of 601 records and 1 states.
Speed-tier climate where Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 21.9% 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 Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc.'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 Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. highlighted
603 records · #1,174 of 2,138
Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc. sits at roughly the 45th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, close to the median provider's 781 records.
- Illinois 603
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 603 |
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
Mabel Cooperative Telephone Company (605) · Danville Mutual Telephone Company (605) · Bloomingdale Telephone Company, Inc. (601) · Smart City Finance, LLC (601) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc.'s reported footprint in Illinois, its largest state by filings (603 records). Illinois state page
- Compare against Mabel Cooperative Telephone Company, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Mabel Cooperative Telephone Company
- 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.