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.

77%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

30%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

20.4

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

48th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

79.6%

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

62.8%

of Arkansans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

7.6%

of Arkansans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

92.4%

of Arkansans have access to wireline service.

16.5%

of Arkansans have access to fiber-optic service.

70.1%

of Arkansans have access to cable service.

84.9%

of Arkansans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Arkansans have access to mobile broadband service.

51.9%

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.	Eureka Springs	66.0 MBPS	12 Providers
2.	Siloam Springs	53.8 MBPS	10 Providers
3.	Russellville	51.1 MBPS	10 Providers
4.	Berryville	49.4 MBPS	8 Providers
5.	Bentonville	42.6 MBPS	13 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Arkansas

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	30.2 MBPS
Cox Communications	27.5 MBPS
Suddenlink Communications	24.6 MBPS
AT&T Internet	14.8 MBPS
CenturyLink	5.2 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 85.8% of Arkansans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 127 internet providers in Arkansas.
There are 614,000 people in Arkansas without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 661,000 people in Arkansas that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 230,000 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


Benton	89.6%	10 providers
Bentonville	93.3%	13 providers
Cabot	96.0%	12 providers
Conway	100.0%	13 providers
El Dorado	89.3%	10 providers
Fayetteville	93.7%	16 providers
Fort Smith	99.0%	14 providers
Hot Springs	90.5%	13 providers
Jacksonville	99.0%	15 providers
Jonesboro	88.9%	18 providers
Little Rock	97.8%	23 providers
North Little Rock	94.4%	20 providers
Paragould	78.4%	13 providers
Pine Bluff	65.4%	13 providers
Rogers	94.7%	14 providers
Russellville	94.1%	10 providers
Searcy	75.1%	12 providers
Sherwood	99.7%	18 providers
Springdale	94.6%	16 providers
Texarkana	95.0%	11 providers
Van Buren	93.6%	11 providers

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.