West Central Telephone Assn.
Data updated June 2026
West Central Telephone Assn. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,631 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 Central Telephone Assn. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,631 records behind that footprint. West Central Telephone Assn. reports localized broadband footprint: 1,631 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.
- 1,631
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #796 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 1
- state/territory with filings
- #53 of 114 providers reporting in Minnesota
- rank among providers in Minnesota alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
West Central Telephone Assn. state-reach reading
West Central Telephone Assn. opens on geographic reach: #488 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (1 state), with 1,631 records behind that footprint.
West Central Telephone Assn. 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.
Minnesota alone accounts for 100.0% of West Central Telephone Assn.'s filings (1,631 of 1,631), 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-CENTRAL-TELEPHONE-AS · West Central Telephone Assn. 1,631 records · 1 state
1,631 · RANK-MID · FOOT-LOCAL
- BOOK-SMALL 1,631
- RANK-MID #796
- FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
- IN-ST-MID #53 in Minnesota
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Canby Telephone Assoc…
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #488 by states
Nearest record peer: Canby Telephone Association (+ 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 Central Telephone Assn. 1,631
- Canby Telephone Assoc… 1,632
- Amherst Telephone Com… 1,629
- Rockwell Cooperative… 1,628
- Chelan County PUD 1,628
Providers near West Central Telephone Assn. on state reach
Peer filers for West Central Telephone Assn. 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 (1,631 here).
Speed-tier climate where West Central Telephone Assn. files
Record-weighted across the 1 state where West Central Telephone Assn. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 26.9% 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 West Central Telephone Assn.'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 Central Telephone Assn. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, West Central Telephone Assn. highlighted
1,631 records · #796 of 2,138
West Central Telephone Assn. sits at roughly the 63rd percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 2.1x the median provider's 781 records.
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | 1,631 |
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
Canby Telephone Association (1,632) · Amherst Telephone Company (1,629) · Rockwell Cooperative Telephone Association (1,628) · Chelan County PUD (1,628) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with West Central Telephone Assn.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check West Central Telephone Assn.'s reported footprint in Minnesota, its largest state by filings (1,631 records). Minnesota state page
- Compare against Canby Telephone Association, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Canby Telephone Association
- 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.