Windstream Holdings, Inc.
Data updated June 2026
Windstream Holdings, Inc. filed these Form 477 broadband deployment records with the FCC; every figure below is standardized against 2,138 other nationwide filers using the same field definitions, so its filing volume reads in context, not isolation.
Filing volume, in one line
Windstream Holdings, Inc. opens on filing volume: #12 of 2,138 of 2,138 Form 477 filers by deployment records (493,323 records). Windstream Holdings, Inc. reports multi-region broadband footprint: 493,323 Form 477 deployment records across 17 states and territories.
- 493,323
- deployment records reported to the FCC
- #12 of 2,138
- corpus placement by total records
- 17
- states and territories with filings
- #5 of 73 providers reporting in Georgia
- rank among providers in Georgia alone
Form 477 records count census blocks a provider reports it can serve, not subscribers or homes connected, a measure of reported reach.
Record scope. Windstream Holdings, Inc. filed 586,414 Form 477 records; 493,323 (84.1%) are flagged as offered to consumers, and only those are counted here. This provider's record count, its rank, and the peer figures below are therefore a smaller subset of what it filed than for a provider with no notice like this. How the count is scoped.
Windstream Holdings, Inc. filing-volume reading
Among 2,138 Form 477 providers on this site, Windstream Holdings, 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.
Windstream Holdings, Inc.'s filings are geographically dispersed; even the lead state (Georgia) is only 15.6% of the book (76,880 records). 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-WINDSTREAM-HOLDINGS-INC · Windstream Holdings, Inc. 493,323 records · 17 states
493,323 · RANK-TOP · FOOT-MULTI
- BOOK-LARGE 493,323
- RANK-TOP #12
- FOOT-MULTI 17 states
- IN-ST-UPPER #5 in Georgia
- NEAR-ABOVE under JAB Wireless
- MED-10X+ 100×+ median
- COV-BROAD #18 by states
Nearest record peer: JAB Wireless, Inc. (+ 101,492 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, Inc. 11,049,786
- Corpus median 781
- Windstream Holdings, Inc. 493,323
- JAB Wireless, Inc. 594,815
- Cox Communications, Inc. 314,097
- Altice 264,805
- AMG Technology Investment Group LLC 256,617
Windstream Holdings, Inc. among its record-volume peers
Filing volume alone does not predict state reach: Windstream Holdings, Inc. and its 6 nearest record-volume peers each cover a different number of states.
Windstream Holdings, Inc. vs. its 6 nearest record-volume peers
A crawlable text summary: Windstream Holdings, Inc. filed 493,323 records across 17 states, against a peer-group median of 264,805 records and 18 states.
Providers near Windstream Holdings, Inc. on Form 477 scale
Peer filers for Windstream Holdings, 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.
Similar deployment-record volume
Nearest filers by total Form 477 records (493,323 here).
Similar state/territory reach
Nearest filers by states with filings (17 here), excluding the record-volume set.
Speed-tier climate where Windstream Holdings, Inc. files
Record-weighted across the 17 states where Windstream Holdings, Inc. files, those states' Form 477 maxaddown mix is 24.7% 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 Windstream Holdings, 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 Windstream Holdings, Inc. Ranks Nationally
Providers by reported footprint size, Windstream Holdings, Inc. highlighted
493,323 records · #12 of 2,138
Windstream Holdings, Inc. sits at the top 1% by filing volume among 2,138 FCC Form 477 filers, roughly 632x the median provider's 781 records.
Coverage Footprint
Where Windstream Holdings, Inc. Reports the Most
Windstream Holdings, Inc. - top states by reported deployment records
Georgia leads · 76,880 records
- Georgia 76,880
- Iowa 58,127
- Texas 58,025
- Kentucky 50,215
- Pennsylvania 44,544
- Nebraska 39,103
- North Carolina 38,156
- Ohio 23,600
- Other 9 states 104,673
Full State Breakdown
| State | Records |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 76,880 |
| Iowa | 58,127 |
| Texas | 58,025 |
| Kentucky | 50,215 |
| Pennsylvania | 44,544 |
| Nebraska | 39,103 |
| North Carolina | 38,156 |
| Ohio | 23,600 |
| Arkansas | 20,240 |
| Oklahoma | 18,776 |
| New Mexico | 15,636 |
| Florida | 13,597 |
| Missouri | 13,083 |
| New York | 8,687 |
| South Carolina | 6,336 |
| Minnesota | 4,317 |
| Alabama | 4,001 |
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
JAB Wireless, Inc. (594,815) · Cox Communications, Inc. (314,097) · Altice (264,805) · AMG Technology Investment Group LLC (256,617) · Form 477 reading guide →
What to do with Windstream Holdings, Inc.'s footprint
A high record count is filing volume, not a guarantee of service at your address.
- Check Windstream Holdings, Inc.'s reported footprint in Georgia, its largest state by filings (76,880 records). Georgia state page
- Compare against JAB Wireless, Inc., a similarly-sized filer, before assuming this footprint is unique. Compare to JAB Wireless, 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.