FCC Form 477 1 state June 2020 data

Western Communications, Inc.

Data updated June 2026

Western Communications, Inc. opens on filing volume: #435 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (4,736 records). Compare its Form 477 record book to peer filers and the states where it reports the most blocks.

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Filing volume, in one line

Western Communications, Inc. opens on filing volume: #435 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (4,736 records). Western Communications, Inc. reports localized broadband footprint: 4,736 Form 477 deployment records across 1 state or territory.

4,736
deployment records reported to the FCC
#435 of 2,138
corpus placement by total records
1
state/territory with filings
#16 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.

Western Communications, Inc. filing-volume reading

Western Communications, Inc. opens on filing volume: #435 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (4,736 records).

Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Western Communications, 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 Western Communications, Inc.'s filings (4,736 of 4,736), 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-WESTERN-COMMUNICATIONS-IN · Western Communications, Inc. 4,736 records · 1 state

4,736 · RANK-UPPER · FOOT-LOCAL

  • BOOK-SMALL 4,736
  • RANK-UPPER #435
  • FOOT-LOCAL 1 state
  • IN-ST-MID #16 in South Dakota
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eastern Oregon Holdin…
  • MED-ABOVE Above median
  • COV-BROAD #488 by states

Nearest record peer: Eastern Oregon Holding Company LLC ( -5 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.

Providers near Western Communications, Inc. on Form 477 scale

Peer filers for Western Communications, Inc. by deployment-record volume first, then state/territory reach (record floor ≥1,000, state floor ≥2). In-state rank tables and the record neighbourhood stay intact.

Speed-tier climate where Western Communications, Inc. files

Record-weighted across the 1 state where Western Communications, 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 Western Communications, Inc.'s retail offers.

Federal broadband speed-tier distribution Horizontal bar showing the share of 4,737 FCC Form 477 deployment filings across the five federal speed-threshold bands. 20.5% <3/0.768 3/0.768 → 25/3 55.1% 25/3 → 100/20 10.1% 100/20 → 1G 8.5% ≥1G/100 Sub-broadband 970 Legacy 273 Standard 2,611 Giga-capable 480 Gigabit+ 403 4,737 filings · 5 federal speed-threshold bands
Record-weighted Form 477 maxaddown mix across 1 footprint state (state climates, not Western Communications, Inc. retail speeds)

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 Western Communications, Inc. Ranks Nationally

Providers by reported footprint size, Western Communications, Inc. highlighted

4,736 records · #435 of 2,138

Western Communications, Inc. sits at roughly the 80th percentile by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 6.1x the median provider's 781 records.

Full State Breakdown

State Records
South Dakota 4,736

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

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What to do with Western Communications, Inc.'s footprint

A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.

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.