Internet Access in Arkansas: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Arkansas

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Arkansas Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

75%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

32%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

31.7

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

50th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

78.8%

of Arkansans have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.

60.5%

of Arkansans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

15.2%

of Arkansans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

91.7%

of Arkansans have access to wireline service.

8.2%

of Arkansans have access to fiber-optic service.

71.8%

of Arkansans have access to cable service.

84.2%

of Arkansans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Arkansans have access to mobile broadband service.

53.3%

of Arkansans have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Arkansas

AT&T Internet vs Cox

AT&T Internet vs Xfinity

AT&T Internet vs Suddenlink

CenturyLink vs Suddenlink

CenturyLink vs Cox

Top 5 Fastest cities in Arkansas

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Quitman	202.9 MBPS	9 Providers
2.	Wickes	69.8 MBPS	5 Providers
3.	Chidester	58.4 MBPS	6 Providers
4.	Lowell	53.2 MBPS	14 Providers
5.	Jonesboro	52.9 MBPS	18 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Arkansas

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	43.9 MBPS
Suddenlink Communications	42.9 MBPS
Cox Communications	39.0 MBPS
AT&T Internet	30.0 MBPS
CenturyLink	17.6 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Connect Arkansas has been awarded $6,175,366 in federal grants for Arkansas's Broadband Initiative.
Another $102,131,393, accounting for 2.9% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Arkansas.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 71.3% to 86.9% of Arkansans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 135 internet providers in Arkansas.
There are 641,000 people in Arkansas without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 721,000 people in Arkansas that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 251,000 people in Arkansas don't have any wired internet providers available where they live.

Sources: Data collected via the FCC, NTIA, and other sources. For a full list of data sources please visit our data page.

Arkansas CITIES


Alexander	96.8%	12 providers
Alma	90.1%	13 providers
Arkadelphia	81.7%	10 providers
Ashdown	64.6%	9 providers
Atkins	82.3%	8 providers
Austin	99.5%	11 providers
Bald Knob	46.0%	9 providers
Barling	99.8%	11 providers
Batesville	85.7%	10 providers
Bauxite	97.1%	10 providers
Beebe	75.5%	12 providers
Bella Vista	98.2%	12 providers
Benton	90.2%	11 providers
Bentonville	94.8%	13 providers
Berryville	74.4%	9 providers
Bismarck	20.7%	7 providers
Blytheville	80.4%	11 providers
Bono	77.3%	15 providers
Booneville	24.4%	7 providers
Bradford	65.4%	10 providers
Brinkley	0.0%	8 providers
Bryant	99.5%	14 providers
Cabot	99.0%	10 providers
Camden	60.6%	10 providers
Carlisle	38.6%	7 providers
Cave City	2.0%	8 providers
Centerton	98.8%	14 providers
Charleston	37.5%	10 providers
Cherokee Village	90.9%	8 providers
Clarksville	74.9%	10 providers
Clinton	0.1%	7 providers
Conway	91.9%	15 providers
Corning	55.9%	8 providers
Crossett	43.5%	6 providers
Danville	86.7%	6 providers
Dardanelle	66.7%	7 providers
De Queen	88.3%	7 providers
De Witt	0.5%	6 providers
Dermott	63.4%	6 providers
Dover	73.8%	7 providers
Dumas	77.1%	7 providers
El Dorado	91.5%	9 providers
Elkins	49.7%	10 providers
England	0.3%	10 providers
Eureka Springs	62.2%	12 providers
Farmington	99.9%	12 providers
Fayetteville	95.7%	17 providers
Flippin	76.2%	9 providers
Fordyce	28.4%	7 providers
Forrest City	49.9%	11 providers
Fort Smith	99.4%	16 providers
Fouke	62.2%	9 providers
Garfield	59.8%	10 providers
Gentry	66.8%	12 providers
Glenwood	62.8%	6 providers
Grady	0.0%	6 providers
Gravette	57.6%	14 providers
Green Forest	67.7%	11 providers
Greenbrier	64.6%	10 providers
Greenwood	90.1%	8 providers
Gurdon	69.7%	7 providers
Hackett	76.3%	7 providers
Hamburg	0.8%	6 providers
Hardy	51.0%	7 providers
Harrisburg	59.7%	11 providers
Harrison	80.6%	9 providers
Heber Springs	88.5%	12 providers
Helena	93.2%	8 providers
Hensley	79.0%	12 providers
Hope	70.9%	12 providers
Hot Springs	91.2%	14 providers
Hot Springs Village	94.4%	10 providers
Huntsville	54.5%	12 providers
Jacksonville	98.2%	14 providers
Jonesboro	92.0%	18 providers
Judsonia	36.6%	11 providers
Lake Village	79.0%	8 providers
Lamar	50.0%	7 providers
Lavaca	95.5%	8 providers
Lincoln	94.6%	9 providers
Little Rock	98.0%	22 providers
Lonoke	49.9%	11 providers
Lowell	99.4%	14 providers
Mabelvale	98.6%	15 providers
Magnolia	78.8%	9 providers
Malvern	61.4%	11 providers
Manila	70.0%	11 providers
Marianna	50.5%	8 providers
Marion	91.6%	10 providers
Marshall	41.9%	7 providers
Maumelle	99.8%	15 providers
Mayflower	10.8%	10 providers
Mc Gehee	93.3%	7 providers
Mena	71.5%	10 providers
Monticello	77.8%	8 providers
Morrilton	80.6%	9 providers
Mountain Home	81.8%	9 providers
Mountain View	0.0%	7 providers
Mulberry	76.8%	8 providers
Nashville	1.2%	8 providers
Newport	84.1%	11 providers
North Little Rock	95.2%	21 providers
Osceola	80.5%	12 providers
Ozark	24.9%	10 providers
Paragould	78.6%	13 providers
Paris	33.2%	7 providers
Pea Ridge	85.1%	12 providers
Pearcy	73.3%	12 providers
Piggott	87.7%	9 providers
Pine Bluff	67.9%	12 providers
Pocahontas	81.9%	8 providers
Prairie Grove	96.9%	11 providers
Prescott	71.0%	8 providers
Quitman	61.6%	9 providers
Rector	69.2%	10 providers
Rison	96.5%	6 providers
Rogers	95.8%	16 providers
Royal	42.4%	12 providers
Russellville	94.7%	10 providers
Salem	34.9%	7 providers
Searcy	74.3%	13 providers
Sheridan	49.3%	7 providers
Sherwood	99.7%	17 providers
Siloam Springs	84.3%	11 providers
Springdale	97.7%	17 providers
Star City	34.4%	8 providers
Stuttgart	7.3%	7 providers
Texarkana	96.8%	11 providers
Trumann	85.3%	12 providers
Van Buren	95.0%	12 providers
Vilonia	71.8%	12 providers
Waldron	58.1%	7 providers
Walnut Ridge	80.1%	12 providers
Ward	82.9%	8 providers
Warren	85.3%	9 providers
West Fork	77.1%	10 providers
West Helena	97.2%	7 providers
West Memphis	98.2%	12 providers
White Hall	40.3%	11 providers
Wynne	68.2%	10 providers
Yellville	11.1%	7 providers

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Last Updated on 3/6/2019.

Broadband Internet in Arkansas