FCC Form 477 39 states June 2020 data

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

Data updated June 2026

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #6 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (39 states), with 1,868,485 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.

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State reach, in one line

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #6 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (39 states), with 1,868,485 records behind that footprint. Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. reports nationwide broadband footprint: 1,868,485 Form 477 deployment records across 39 states and territories.

1,868,485
deployment records reported to the FCC
#7 of 2,138
corpus placement by total records
39
states and territories with filings
#2 of 207 providers reporting in Iowa
rank among providers in Iowa alone

Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. state-reach reading

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #6 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (39 states), with 1,868,485 records behind that footprint.

Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. 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.

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.'s filings are geographically dispersed; even the lead state (Iowa) is only 11.5% of the book (214,946 records). 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-TELEPHONE-AND-DATA-SYSTEM · Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. 1,868,485 records · 39 states

1,868,485 · RANK-TOP · FOOT-NATION

  • BOOK-MEGA 1,868,485
  • RANK-TOP #7
  • FOOT-NATION 39 states
  • IN-ST-LEAD #2 in Iowa
  • NEAR-BELOW over Comcast Corporation
  • MED-10X+ 100×+ median
  • COV-WIDE #6 by states

Nearest record peer: Comcast Corporation ( -174,453 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.

Providers near Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. on state reach

Peer filers for Telephone and Data Systems, 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 (1,868,485 here).

Comcast Corp. 1,694,032 Frontier Comm. Corp. 2,137,262 Charter Comm. 2,254,797 CenturyLink 1,432,675

Similar state/territory reach

Nearest filers by states with filings (39 here), excluding the record-volume set.

Verizon Comm. 33 states VSAT Sys. 50 states ViaSat 51 states Hughes Network Sys. 53 states

Speed-tier climate where Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. files

Record-weighted across the 39 states where Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 21.0% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 3.6 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.'s retail offers.

Federal broadband speed-tier distribution Horizontal bar showing the share of 1,868,485 FCC Form 477 deployment filings across the five federal speed-threshold bands. 27.5% <3/0.768 14.5% 3/0.768 → 25/3 37.1% 25/3 → 100/20 16.7% 100/20 → 1G ≥1G/100 Sub-broadband 513,514 Legacy 270,386 Standard 692,583 Giga-capable 311,426 Gigabit+ 80,576 1,868,485 filings · 5 federal speed-threshold bands
Record-weighted Form 477 maxaddown mix across 39 footprint states (state climates, not Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. retail 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 Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Ranks Nationally

Providers by reported footprint size, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. highlighted

1,868,485 records · #7 of 2,138

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. sits at the top 1% by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 2,392x the median provider's 781 records.

Coverage Footprint

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. - reported deployment records by state (FCC Form 477)
AK
ME
VT NH
WA ID
MT
ND
MN IL WI MI NY
MA
OR UT
WY
SD IA IN OH PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA NV CO NE MO KY WV VA MD
DE
AZ NM KS AR TN NC SC
DC
OK
LA
MS AL GA
HI
TX FL
Scale: 79–43K 43K–86K 86K–129K 129K–172K 172K–215K
View all 39 states as a list
  1. Iowa: 215K
  2. Oklahoma: 211K
  3. Wisconsin: 202K
  4. Nebraska: 166K
  5. North Carolina: 150K
  6. Missouri: 147K
  7. Kansas: 113K
  8. Illinois: 100K
  9. Oregon: 86K
  10. Virginia: 71K
  11. Maine: 67K
  12. Tennessee: 65K
  13. West Virginia: 59K
  14. Washington: 42K
  15. California: 40K
  16. New Hampshire: 38K
  17. Texas: 19K
  18. Maryland: 13K
  19. Vermont: 8K
  20. Pennsylvania: 6K
  21. New Mexico: 6K
  22. Indiana: 6K
  23. Georgia: 5K
  24. Minnesota: 4K
  25. Colorado: 4K
  26. Alabama: 4K
  27. New York: 4K
  28. Michigan: 4K
  29. Utah: 3K
  30. South Carolina: 2K
  31. Kentucky: 2K
  32. Ohio: 2K
  33. Mississippi: 2K
  34. Arizona: 1K
  35. Florida: 1K
  36. South Dakota: 1K
  37. Idaho: 496
  38. Nevada: 237
  39. Arkansas: 79

Where Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Reports the Most

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. - top states by reported deployment records

Iowa leads · 214,946 records

1. Iowa: 214,9461. Iowa214,9462. Oklahoma: 211,1462. Oklahoma211,1463. Wisconsin: 202,4223. Wisconsin202,4224. Nebraska: 166,0104. Nebraska166,0105. North Carolina: 149,8835. North Carolina149,8836. Missouri: 147,2906. Missouri147,2907. Kansas: 112,6607. Kansas112,6608. Illinois: 99,5958. Illinois99,5959. Oregon: 86,1029. Oregon86,10210. Virginia: 71,21710. Virginia71,21711. Maine: 66,72611. Maine66,72612. Tennessee: 64,57712. Tennessee64,577

Full State Breakdown

State Records
Iowa 214,946
Oklahoma 211,146
Wisconsin 202,422
Nebraska 166,010
North Carolina 149,883
Missouri 147,290
Kansas 112,660
Illinois 99,595
Oregon 86,102
Virginia 71,217
Maine 66,726
Tennessee 64,577
West Virginia 59,121
Washington 41,853
California 39,854
New Hampshire 38,133
Texas 19,433
Maryland 12,676
Vermont 7,666
Pennsylvania 6,427
New Mexico 5,813
Indiana 5,600
Georgia 4,539
Minnesota 4,332
Colorado 4,235
Alabama 4,121
New York 3,566
Michigan 3,561
Utah 3,116
South Carolina 2,278
Kentucky 1,857
Ohio 1,752
Mississippi 1,691
Arizona 1,265
Florida 1,206
South Dakota 1,004
Idaho 496
Nevada 237
Arkansas 79

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

Comcast Corporation (1,694,032) · Frontier Communications Corporation (2,137,262) · Charter Communications (2,254,797) · CenturyLink, Inc. (1,432,675) · Form 477 reading guide →

What to do with Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.'s footprint

A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.

  • Check Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.'s reported footprint in Iowa, its largest state by filings (214,946 records). Iowa state page
  • Compare against Comcast Corporation, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Comcast Corporation
  • 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.