Iowa Broadband Data
Iowa is a high-volume Form 477 filing book: 1,391,364 deployment records across 207 providers, with a satellite-led mix and 20.5% of filings at ≥100 Mbps advertised max.
Data updated June 2026
1,391,364 Form 477 records, upper third of 56 states/territories (≥ 1,310,136)
Iowa at a glance
In Iowa, 45.8% of Form 477 records are satellite and 5.6% are fiber, a satellite-led high-volume book (1,391,364 records).
- 5.6%
- fiber share (above the 4.3% national share)
- 20.5%
- filings ≥100 Mbps max (-4.1 pp vs 24.6% national)
- 45.8%
- satellite share - the dominant category
- widest footprint - 216,007 records
Shares are the percentage of this state's Form 477 deployment records using each technology category. Speed tiers are max-advertised download buckets, not measured retail speeds.
Iowa broadband livability score
A single 0-100 verdict combining Iowa's standing on 3 FCC Form 477-derived measures against every other tracked state and territory. A missing measure would drop out and redistribute its weight rather than deflate the score, not exercised on this build, since Iowa reports all three.
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Average download speed
- F 106 Mbps
23th percentile of 56 tracked
- Fiber availability
- C 5.6 %
73th percentile of 56 tracked
- Provider competition
- A 207.0 providers
98th percentile of 56 tracked
Iowa's ≥100 Mbps filings trail the national Form 477 mix
On this high-volume book, 20.5% of max-advertised-download filings sit at ≥100 Mbps (giga + gigabit buckets), versus 24.6% across every state_speed_tiers row (-4.1 pp).
- IA ≥100 Mbps share
- 20.5%
- All-state ≥100 Mbps share
- 24.6%
- IA vs national
- -4.1 pp
- IA avg max advertised
- 106 Mbps
Derivation: IA state_speed_tiers row vs SUM(state_speed_tiers); maxaddown buckets, not address-level availability or retail speed tests.
Iowa vs all states by provider count
Where this state's Form 477 filer count sits among every state and territory on PlainBroadband
207 2nd of 56 higher than 54 of 56 states
States, banded by distinct broadband providers filing Form 477
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FCC Form 477 fixed broadband deployment · June 2020
Technology Breakdown
Iowa broadband technologies by reported deployment records
FCC Form 477 fixed broadband deployment data (June 2020 status)
Full technology detail
| # | Technology | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satellite | 637,875 |
| 2 | Terrestrial Fixed Wireless | 420,007 |
| 3 | Cable | 92,120 |
| 4 | Fiber | 77,861 |
| 5 | VDSL | 62,522 |
| 6 | ADSL2+ | 57,314 |
| 7 | DSL | 39,958 |
| 8 | Symmetric DSL | 3,570 |
| 9 | Other Copper | 137 |
Who Reports the Most in Iowa
The providers carrying the largest share of Iowa's Form 477 deployment records. ViaSat, Inc. leads with 216,007 records.
Top providers in Iowa by reported deployment records
FCC Form 477 fixed broadband deployment data (June 2020 status)
Full Provider List - Iowa
Showing top 50 of 207 providers.
High-volume peers near Iowa
High-volume peers for Iowa: states with similar filer counts and similar total deployment records (provider floor ≥10, record floor ≥10,000).
Similar provider count
Nearest states by FCC filers reporting (207 here).
Similar deployment-record total
Nearest states by summed Form 477 records (1,391,364 here), excluding the filer-count set.
Disclaimer: Data from FCC Form 477. For informational purposes only. Coverage percentages are based on provider filings and may overstate actual availability at specific addresses. Speed figures represent maximum advertised speeds, not guaranteed performance. Always verify availability directly with providers.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Why does Iowa show so many Form 477 deployment records?
- Iowa has 1,391,364 deployment records from 207 providers, upper third of the 56-state corpus (≥ 1,310,136). Dense books usually mix large cable/fiber footprints with satellite overlays.
- How does Iowa's ≥100 Mbps advertised share compare nationally?
- 20.5% of Iowa's Form 477 filings advertise ≥100 Mbps max download, versus 24.6% nationally (-4.1 pp). Tiers come from state_speed_tiers maxaddown buckets, not retail speed tests.
- What broadband technologies dominate Iowa's filings?
- satellite-led mix: fiber 5.6%, cable 6.6%, DSL 11.8%, fixed wireless 30.2%, satellite 45.8% of Form 477 records.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Read with this state
- Texas (211 filers)
- California (158 filers)
- Illinois (143 filers)
- Ohio (129 filers)
- Mix reading guide →
What to do with Iowa's footprint
Provider count and record volume describe who files here, not what any one address can get.
- ViaSat, Inc. leads Iowa's filings with 216,007 records. Check its footprint across every other state it serves. ViaSat, Inc. profile
- Compare against Texas, a similarly-sized state by provider count. Compare to Texas
- 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.
State-level figures reflect reported provider footprint, not a real-time or address-level availability check.