West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 5,257 records behind that footprint. Map the states it covers and how that reach ranks against other Form 477 providers.
State reach, in one line
West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 5,257 records behind that footprint. West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 5,257 Form 477 deployment records across 2 states and territories.
- 5,257
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #405 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 2
- states and territories with filings
- #14 of 37 providers reporting in South Carolina
- rank among providers in South Carolina alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. state-reach reading
West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 5,257 records behind that footprint.
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, 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 Carolina alone accounts for 99.4% of West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s filings (5,227 of 5,257), 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-WEST-CAROLINA-RURAL-TELEP · West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 5,257 records · 2 states
5,257 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-UNK
- BOOK-SMALL 5,257
- RANK-UPPER #405
- FOOT-UNK Footprint pending
- IN-ST-MID #14 in South Carolina
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Roosevelt County Rura…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #187 by states
Nearest record peer: Roosevelt County Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (+ 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
- West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 5,257
- Roosevelt County Rura… 5,258
- Tower Bridge Mobile H… 5,278
- North Coast Networks 5,234
- Guadalupe Valley Tele… 5,216
Providers near West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. on state reach
Peer filers for West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, 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 (5,257 here).
Similar state/territory reach
Nearest filers by states with filings (2 here), excluding the record-volume set.
Speed-tier climate where West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 2 states where West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 27.0% 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 West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, 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 West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. highlighted
5,257 records · #405 of 2,138
West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. sits at roughly the 81st percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 6.7x the median provider's 781 records.
Coverage Footprint
View all 2 states as a list
Where West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Reports the Most
West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. - top states by reported deployment records
South Carolina leads · 5,227 records
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| South Carolina | 5,227 |
| Georgia | 30 |
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
Roosevelt County Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (5,258) · Tower Bridge Mobile Holdings, LLC (5,278) · North Coast Networks, LLC (5,234) · Guadalupe Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (5,216) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s reported footprint in South Carolina, its largest state by filings (5,227 records). South Carolina state page
- Compare against Roosevelt County Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Roosevelt County Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
- 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.