Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 2,182 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 2,182 records behind that footprint. Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 2,182 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 2,182
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #688 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #21 of 58 providers reporting in South Dakota
- rank among providers in South Dakota alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. state-reach reading
Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 2,182 records behind that footprint.
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, 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.
South Dakota alone accounts for 100.0% of Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc.'s filings (2,182 of 2,182), 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-VALLEY-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. 2,182 records · 1 state
2,182 · RANK-MID · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 2,182
- RANK-MID #688
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #21 in South Dakota
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mahaska Communication…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Mahaska Communication Group, 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 11,049,786
- Corpus median 781
- Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. 2,182
- Mahaska Communication… 2,183
- Synergy Technology Pa… 2,180
- Wamego Telephone Comp… 2,190
- Illinois Electric Coo… 2,195
Providers near Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. on state reach
Peer filers for Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, 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 (2,182 here).
Speed-tier climate where Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 18.6% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 5.9 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc.'s retail offers.
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 Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. highlighted
2,182 records · #688 of 2,138
Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. sits at roughly the 68th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 2.8x the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| South Dakota | 2,182 |
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
Mahaska Communication Group, LLC (2,183) · Synergy Technology Partners, Inc. (2,180) · Wamego Telephone Company, Inc. (2,190) · Illinois Electric Cooperative (2,195) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc.'s reported footprint in South Dakota, its largest state by filings (2,182 records). South Dakota state page
- Compare against Mahaska Communication Group, LLC, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Mahaska Communication Group, 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.