Terrestrial Fixed Wireless broadband technology
FCC Form 477 technology code 70: 9,599,266 census-block deployment records nationwide. Filing volume and state reach are separate measurements.
Filing volume rank is not state-reach rank
Terrestrial Fixed Wireless ranks #2 of 10 FCC technology codes by census-block records, and #5 of 10 by number of states with at least one filing (53 states).
- #2
- of 10 tech codes by records
- 9,599,266
- total deployment records
- #5
- of 10 tech codes by state reach
- 53
- states with >=1 filing
Filing volume (records) and state reach (how many states report the technology at all) are different measurements - a technology can lead one and trail the other.
Terrestrial Fixed Wireless vs all FCC technology codes by filing volume
Where this technology's Form 477 record count sits among every technology code on PlainBroadband
9,599,266 2nd of 10 higher than 8 of 10 technology codes
Technology codes, banded by nationwide deployment-record count
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Source FCC Form 477 fixed broadband deployment · June 2020
Top states for Terrestrial Fixed Wireless by reported deployment records
FCC Form 477 fixed broadband deployment data (June 2020 status)
Texas leads Terrestrial Fixed Wireless filings with 1,038,973 records ; California is second at 627,511. Counts are provider-by-census-block filings for technology code 70, not subscriber totals.
About Terrestrial Fixed Wireless
Terrestrial Fixed Wireless delivers broadband over radio links from a tower to a fixed antenna at the customer’s location, using both licensed and unlicensed spectrum. It is widely used by smaller ISPs serving rural areas that lack wired infrastructure.
Terrestrial Fixed Wireless filing-volume reading
Terrestrial Fixed Wireless opens on filing volume: #2 of 10 FCC technology codes by census-block records (9,599,266 filings). FCC technology code 70 is a fixed wireless family label in Form 477.
Among the 10 Form 477 technology codes on this site, Terrestrial Fixed Wireless sits in the upper third by record volume (≥ 3,788,469). That scale usually means many operators mark many census blocks, not that every marked block has active subscribers.
The lead state (Texas) holds 10.8% of Terrestrial Fixed Wireless filings (1,038,973 records). That is a moderate peak: several states still move the national total. 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.
Technologies near Terrestrial Fixed Wireless on Form 477 scale
Peer codes for Terrestrial Fixed Wireless by census-block record volume first, then state/territory reach (record floor ≥1,000, state floor ≥5).
Similar deployment-record volume
Nearest technology codes by total records (9,599,266 here).
Similar state/territory reach
Nearest codes by states with filings (53 here), excluding the record-volume set.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
What to do with Terrestrial Fixed Wireless filings
9,599,266 records is filing volume, not proof of active service at any one address.
- Compare Terrestrial Fixed Wireless against Cable, a similarly-filed technology, before drawing conclusions from volume alone. Compare to Cable
- See which states report the most Terrestrial Fixed Wireless filings and how coverage concentrates. Browse by state
- 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.
PlainBroadband is rendered directly from the FCC Form 477 fixed broadband deployment dataset (June 2020 status, the final Form 477 release), no number is typed in by an editor. This technology's coverage figures are computed directly from the underlying FCC Form 477 census-block records, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2020.