West River Cooperative Telephone Company
Data updated June 2026
West River Cooperative Telephone Company opens on geographic reach: #108 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (3 states), with 2,394 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 River Cooperative Telephone Company opens on geographic reach: #108 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (3 states), with 2,394 records behind that footprint. West River Cooperative Telephone Company reports regional broadband footprint: 2,394 Form 477 deployment records across 3 states and territories.
- 2,394
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #647 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 3
- states and territories with filings
- #23 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.
West River Cooperative Telephone Company state-reach reading
West River Cooperative Telephone Company opens on geographic reach: #108 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (3 states), with 2,394 records behind that footprint.
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, West River Cooperative Telephone Company 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 76.2% of West River Cooperative Telephone Company's filings (1,824 of 2,394), 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-RIVER-COOPERATIVE-TE · West River Cooperative Telephone Company 2,394 records · 3 states
2,394 · RANK-MID · FOOT-REGION
- BOOK-SMALL 2,394
- RANK-MID #647
- FOOT-REGION 3 states
- IN-ST-MID #23 in South Dakota
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hotwire Comm.
- MED-ABOVE Above median
- COV-BROAD #108 by states
Nearest record peer: Hotwire Communications, Ltd. ( -4 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 River Cooperative Telephone Company 2,394
- Hotwire Comm. 2,390
- Bee Creek Comm. 2,383
- Golden West Telecommu… 2,377
- CableAmerica 2,412
Providers near West River Cooperative Telephone Company on state reach
Peer filers for West River Cooperative Telephone Company 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 (2,394 here).
Similar state/territory reach
Nearest filers by states with filings (3 here), excluding the record-volume set.
Speed-tier climate where West River Cooperative Telephone Company files
Record-weighted across the 3 states where West River Cooperative Telephone Company files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 19.9% in the 100 Mbps+ tiers, 4.7 pp below the national 24.6% mix. The footprint sits in slower-tier state climates on average; treat this as market context, not West River Cooperative Telephone Company'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 West River Cooperative Telephone Company Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, West River Cooperative Telephone Company highlighted
2,394 records · #647 of 2,138
West River Cooperative Telephone Company sits at roughly the 70th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 3.1x the median provider's 781 records.
Coverage Footprint
View all 3 states as a list
Where West River Cooperative Telephone Company Reports the Most
West River Cooperative Telephone Company - top states by reported deployment records
South Dakota leads · 1,824 records
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| South Dakota | 1,824 |
| North Dakota | 410 |
| Montana | 160 |
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
Hotwire Communications, Ltd. (2,390) · Bee Creek Communications, Inc. (2,383) · Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. (2,377) · CableAmerica (2,412) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with West River Cooperative Telephone Company's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check West River Cooperative Telephone Company's reported footprint in South Dakota, its largest state by filings (1,824 records). South Dakota state page
- Compare against Hotwire Communications, Ltd., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Hotwire Communications, Ltd.
- 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.