Internet Providers in Fort Smith, AR
Residential Internet Statistics for Fort Smith, AR
Internet Service Providers: | 8 |
Plans Start From: | $29.99 |
Top Download Speed: | 10 Gbps |
Fastest Connection Type: | Fiber |
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Internet Access in Fort Smith, Arkansas
There are two main Internet service types around Fort Smith: cable (98.88% availability) and DSL (97.89% availability). Cable Internet is usually provided by traditional cable TV providers using their pre-existing coaxial television wires mounted on telephone poles. DSL is sent over landline phone wires. Most Fort Smith neighborhoods and census blocks can access coaxial cable and/or DSL service from two or more Internet companies.
Cox Communications is also a common Internet choice in Fort Smith, offering primarily Cable connections with coverage in 98 percent of Fort Smith.
Since FCC coverage data is currently tallied up twice a year and only published 6+ months after that, data shown here may have minor inaccuracies. We aggregate availability and plan data directly from some companies to help fix this problem.
broadband competition is decent overall, and the average Fort Smith census block has about 3 providers to choose from. (3.03 per census block.)
According to the latest FCC filings, Viasat Internet and HughesNet are the most commonly avialable Internet providers in Fort Smith in terms of coverage. As the interactive map below shows, these ISPs frequently compete at addresses around Fort Smith.
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Summary Of Fastest Internet Providers In Fort Smith, Arkansas
Provider | Speed | Type | Time To Download 1 GB | Availability |
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Dobson Fiber | 10,000 Mbps | Fiber and DSL | 0s | 9.4% |
AT&T Internet | 5,000 Mbps | IPBB and Fiber | 1s | 94.6% |
Cox Communications | 1,000 Mbps | Cable | 8s | 98.9% |
Wave Rural Connect | 1,000 Mbps | Fiber | 8s | 9.8% |
CenturyLink | 100 Mbps | DSL | 1m 21s | 1.2% |
Dobson Telephone Company | 40 Mbps | DSL | 3m 24s | 8.3% |
Viasat Internet | 50 Mbps | Satellite | 2m 43s | 100.0% |
HughesNet | 25 Mbps | Satellite | 5m 27s | 100.0% |
T-Mobile 5G Home Internet | 182 Mbps | 5G Internet | 45s | 18.2% |
Windstream | 200 Mbps | DSL | 40s | 0.5% |
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1.4% of consumers in Fort Smith
1,000 People Only have access to 1 or fewer wired internet providers available at their address.Reference
This data is calculated from FCC datasets which providers are legally required to supply twice a year. We further validate this data for accuracy.
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The “Connected” metric is a citywide average based on FCC data showing the density of broadband options at the census block level.
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This statistic is drawn from the population in census blocks not served by at least one wired broadband provider.
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Fiber coverage data is sourced from FCC Form 477 filings and cross-validated through BroadbandNow with private datasets and direct provider reporting.
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This coverage statistic is based on a mix of FCC and private provider reporting in the past two quarters.
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25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload is the minimum speed for an Internet connection to be classified as “Broadband” by the FCC.