West River Telecommunications Cooperative
Data updated June 2026
West River Telecommunications Cooperative opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 13,027 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 Telecommunications Cooperative opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 13,027 records behind that footprint. West River Telecommunications Cooperative reports localized broadband footprint: 13,027 Form 477 deployment records across 2 states and territories.
- 13,027
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #190 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 2
- states and territories with filings
- #8 of 34 providers reporting in North Dakota
- rank among providers in North 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 Telecommunications Cooperative state-reach reading
West River Telecommunications Cooperative opens on geographic reach: #187 of 2,138 filers by states with filings (2 states), with 13,027 records behind that footprint.
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, West River Telecommunications Cooperative 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.
North Dakota alone accounts for 94.3% of West River Telecommunications Cooperative's filings (12,280 of 13,027), 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-TELECOMMUNICAT · West River Telecommunications Cooperative 13,027 records · 2 states
13,027 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-UNK
- BOOK-MID 13,027
- RANK-UPPER #190
- FOOT-UNK Footprint pending
- IN-ST-UPPER #8 in North Dakota
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rural Comm. Holding C…
- MED-10X+ 17× median
- COV-BROAD #187 by states
Nearest record peer: Rural Communications Holding Corporation ( -10 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 Telecommunications Cooperative 13,027
- Rural Comm. Holding C… 13,017
- Precision Comm. 12,943
- Sebastian Enterprises 12,942
- Nuvera Comm. 12,913
Providers near West River Telecommunications Cooperative on state reach
Peer filers for West River Telecommunications Cooperative 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 (13,027 here).
Similar state/territory reach
Nearest filers by states with filings (2 here), excluding the record-volume set.
Speed-tier climate where West River Telecommunications Cooperative files
Record-weighted across the 2 states where West River Telecommunications Cooperative files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 26.4% 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 River Telecommunications Cooperative'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 River Telecommunications Cooperative Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, West River Telecommunications Cooperative highlighted
13,027 records · #190 of 2,138
West River Telecommunications Cooperative sits at the top 9% by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 17x the median provider's 781 records.
Coverage Footprint
View all 2 states as a list
Where West River Telecommunications Cooperative Reports the Most
West River Telecommunications Cooperative - top states by reported deployment records
North Dakota leads · 12,280 records
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| North Dakota | 12,280 |
| South Dakota | 747 |
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
Rural Communications Holding Corporation (13,017) · Precision Communications Inc. (12,943) · Sebastian Enterprises (12,942) · Nuvera Communications, Inc. (12,913) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with West River Telecommunications Cooperative's footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check West River Telecommunications Cooperative's reported footprint in North Dakota, its largest state by filings (12,280 records). North Dakota state page
- Compare against Rural Communications Holding Corporation, a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to Rural Communications Holding 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.