Arkansas internet, four years of catching up and the counties still behind
Fiber is available at 67.6% of the 1,361,820 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Arkansas, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 87.1%. 44.8% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 42.3% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
South region, West South Central division
In June 2022, 28.3%2 of Arkansas's homes and businesses had no wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps. Four years later wired 100/20 service reaches 87.1%1, and no state's share rose by more. The catch-up left two gaps: a set of rural counties where few new lines arrived, and a household subscription rate that still trails most of the country.
Who reports service in Arkansas
As of June 30, 2026, the FCC's National Broadband Map lists 78 providers of wired or fixed wireless internet across Arkansas's 1.4 million1 homes, apartment buildings and businesses ("locations"). "Available" here means a provider reports that it can connect a location within ten business days; the listing can be challenged.
Leaving satellite aside, the two widest networks are radio, not wire. Verizon reports home internet at 60.9% of locations and T-Mobile at 62.5%, but they advertise 100/20 Mbps at only 30.2% and 19.0% of locations respectively. AT&T reaches 51.4% of locations with a mix of fiber, DSL and fixed wireless, and reports fiber at 20.3%1 of the state's locations.
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 62.5% | 19.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 60.9% | 30.2% | 1 Gbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 51.4% | 22.2% | 5 Gbps | 0.5% |
| Cox | Fiber Cable | 17.4% | 17.4% | 2 Gbps | 5.3% |
| Brightspeed | Fiber DSL Fixed wireless | 16.2% | 5.7% | 8 Gbps | 0.8% |
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 14.1% | 14.1% | 2 Gbps | 3.2% |
| Optimum | Fiber Cable | 13.6% | 13.5% | 940 Mbps | 3.4% |
| Right Fiber | Fiber Cable DSL | 10.3% | 9.7% | 10 Gbps | 1.8% |
| Longview Cable Television Company Inc | Fiber Cable | 7.6% | 7.6% | 1 Gbps | 3.8% |
| Kinetic | Fiber DSL Fixed wireless | 6.6% | 4.5% | 2 Gbps | 1.4% |
| Connect2First | Fiber | 6.2% | 6.2% | 1 Gbps | 2.1% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of the area's broadband serviceable locations where the provider reports service as of June 30, 2026. "Only wired option" is the share of locations where it is the single wired provider at 100/20 Mbps. Provider-reported and challengeable; speeds are advertised maximums, not measured; no prices. Satellite providers (Viasat, HughesNet, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
Cable is split among several companies: Cox (17.4% of locations), Xfinity (14.1%), Optimum (13.6%) and Longview Cable Television Company (7.6%). Cable overall reaches 60.3% of locations, a share that ranks 8th lowest1 among the states.
No state added wired 100/20 coverage faster
The FCC's first location-by-location map, with data as of June 30, 2022, put wired service of 100/20 Mbps at 71.7%2 of Arkansas locations. By June 30, 2026 the share was 87.1%. The rise of 15.4 percentage points is the largest of any state; the national share rose by 6.3 percentage points1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Shares of broadband serviceable locations in each FCC release (latest revision of each); the small number is the change in percentage points since June 30, 2022. The FCC's count of locations is updated with each release, so shares are compared rather than counts.
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| Measure | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wired 100/20 Mbps | 71.7% | 86.7% | 87.1% | 15.4 pts |
| Unserved | 17.2% | 5.3% | 4.8% | −12.4 pts |
| Fiber available | 34.4% | 65.0% | 67.6% | 33.2 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 2.8% | 12.6% | 14.1% | 11.4 pts |
| DSL available | 59.1% | 39.3% | 37.2% | −22.0 pts |
The unserved share fell almost as sharply, from 17.2% to 4.8%, one of the steepest falls in the country (its change ranks 3rd lowest among the states). Copper gave way at the same time: DSL was reported at 59.1%2 of locations in 2022 and at 37.2% in 2026. Even so, Arkansas remains below the national level: wired 100/20 service ranks 10th lowest among the states and the unserved share 8th highest, against 2.4%1 nationally.
Advertised speeds moved further than coverage. At 53.2%1 of locations the fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more, compared with 7.2%2 in June 2022. These are providers' maximum advertised tiers, not speeds anyone has measured.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Maximum advertised download speed (Mbps) of any wired or fixed wireless offer at the location, as reported by providers to the FCC; satellite excluded. Advertised, not measured.
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| Area | Under 25 Mbps or none | 25–99 | 100–249 | 250–499 | 500–939 | 940–1,999 | 2,000 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 5.4% | 4.4% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 0.2% | 33.5% | 53.2% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
Fiber built by many companies, led by none
Fiber is reported at 67.6% of Arkansas locations, up 33.2 percentage points from 34.4% in 2022, and above the national share of 62.6%. No single company accounts for most of it. AT&T's fiber reaches 20.3% of the state's locations; next come Right Fiber (7.5%), Connect2First (6.2%), Brightspeed (5.7%) and Kinetic (4.1%). In all, 591 providers report fiber somewhere in the state, up from 462 in 2022.
Two of the larger names did not report under those names in the June 2022 filing: Right Fiber, now present at 10.3% of locations, and Brightspeed, at 16.2%. Neither is all fiber. In Newton County, Right Fiber is the most widespread provider, at 80.9% of locations, but over DSL with a fastest advertised download of 25 Mbps1.
Overlap is growing. 14.1% of locations can choose between two or more fiber networks, up from 2.8%2 in 2022. In the two largest cities with their own pages, fiber reaches 84.8% of locations in Fayetteville and 75.2%1 in Little Rock.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of broadband serviceable locations where at least one provider reports the technology, at any speed; a location can have several. Satellite is reported almost everywhere and is left out.
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| Technology | Arkansas | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 67.6% | 62.6% |
| Cable | 60.3% | 80.3% |
| DSL (copper) | 37.2% | 36.2% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 81.5% | 87.3% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 4.6% | 19.7% |
A second wire for about half the state
Coverage is one question; choice is another. 44.8% of Arkansas locations have two or more wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps, up from 20.4%2 in 2022 but still below the national 55.6%. 42.3% have exactly one and 12.9%1 have none.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Different wired providers (fiber, cable or DSL; FCC provider IDs) reporting 100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up or more at the same location. Fixed wireless and satellite are not counted.
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| Area | None | One | Two | Three or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 12.9% | 42.3% | 33.5% | 11.3% |
| Little Rock | 0.5% | 23.6% | 75.9% | 0.0% |
| Fayetteville | 2.5% | 14.7% | 50.7% | 32.1% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Among the larger networks, cable companies are most often the only wired 100/20 option. Cox is the only wired 100/20 provider at 5.3% of the state's locations, Optimum at 3.4% and Xfinity at 3.2%. The county contrast is stark: in Miller County, on the Texas line, 94.3% of locations have two or more wired choices, with Sparklight's cable at 76.4% and Kinetic's fiber and DSL at 64.7%. In Chicot County, in the southeast corner, the share with a second wired choice is 0.0%; the county's widest network is Vyve Broadband's cable, at 69.9%1 of locations.
Counties where the new lines did not arrive
Fiber now reaches at least half of all locations in 56 of Arkansas's 754 counties, and in 20 counties the fiber share rose by 50 percentage points or more in four years. Jackson County, northeast of Little Rock, rose the most, by +83.3 percentage points to 86.0%. Perry County, northwest of the capital, was close behind (+82.8 percentage points, to 93.5%), and there Connect2First alone reports fiber at 88.7% of the county's locations. In Greene County, in the northeast, fiber covers 99.8% of locations and the unserved share is 0.0%1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties are higher. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
The gaps cluster in a handful of rural counties. Newton County, in the north, has the highest unserved share in Arkansas, 45.5%, and fiber at only 4.3%; wired 100/20 service reaches 4.4% of its 5,771 locations. Polk County, on the Oklahoma line, has the largest share where satellite is the only service, 15.2%, and 26.5% unserved. In Woodruff County, in the east, the fiber share changed by −3.2 percentage points since 2022, the lowest figure of any county; 17.8% of its locations are unserved, and at 10.7% 100/20 Mbps comes only from fixed wireless. Among the larger counties, Union, on the Louisiana line, stands out with 15.8%1 unserved.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| Area | Unserved |
|---|---|
| Newton County | 45.5% |
| Polk County | 26.5% |
| Woodruff County | 17.8% |
| Chicot County | 16.4% |
| Union County | 15.8% |
| Arkansas | 4.8% |
| United States | 2.4% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties have larger gaps. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
Statewide, 65,528 locations are unserved and 52,858 underserved, and 24,566 have no wired or fixed wireless provider at all, a satellite-only share that ranks 9th highest1 among the states.
Covered, but fewer households subscribe
Subscriptions trail availability. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 91.6% of Arkansas households had a broadband subscription of any kind (margin of error ±0.5 percentage points), a rate that ranks 5th lowest among the states. 70.9% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±0.9 percentage points5), while wired 100/20 service is reported at 87.1%1 of locations; the units differ, households against homes and businesses, but the distance is large.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. Availability is a share of locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC); subscriptions are a share of households from the American Community Survey, 2025 (whiskers: 90% margin of error). Different units and dates: read the gap as a sign, not an exact number.
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| Measure | Share | MOE |
|---|---|---|
| Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations) | 87.1% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 70.9% | ±0.9 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 15.1% | ±0.6 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 8.3% | ±0.5 |
Phones fill part of the gap. 15.1% of households rely only on a cellular data plan (±0.6 percentage points), a share that ranks 4th highest among the states, and 8.3% have no paid internet subscription at all. The difference by income is wide: 79.1% of households earning under $20,000 subscribe to broadband, against 96.4% of those earning $75,000 or more. Among Arkansans 65 and older, 85.2%5 live in a household with a computer and a broadband subscription.
In NTIA's 2023 Internet Use Survey, the most common main reason Arkansas households gave for not using the internet at home was that they did not need it (49.7%); 25.1%6 named cost, an estimate with a wide margin of error. The FCC map carries no prices. What is official: Lifeline, the federal discount for low-income households, had 45,2857 Arkansas subscribers, and USAC estimates that 16.8%8 of eligible households take part. The Affordable Connectivity Program had 215,0179 Arkansas households enrolled when it stopped taking sign-ups in February 2024, about 17.8 per 100 households10; it ended on June 1, 2024.
BEAD: fiber for most, satellite for some
Arkansas's plan under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program spends less than a third of its $1.02 billion11 allocation: $305.5 million for 79,293 locations, $3,853 each (11th lowest among the states with a plan), with $239.8 million12 more from the providers.
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. Locations in the state's approved BEAD Final Proposal by technology of the selected projects, as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview; subject to NTIA and NIST final review and award.
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| Technology | Share of BEAD locations |
|---|---|
| Fiber | 73.7% |
| Cable | 3.2% |
| Fixed wireless | 6.9% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 16.2% |
58,425 locations (73.7%) are to get fiber, 12,822 (16.2%) low-Earth-orbit satellite and 5,499 (6.9%) fixed wireless; 3.2% are assigned to cable. $718.8 million12 of the allocation is not assigned to construction in the plan; how that money may be used was not settled as of November 2026. The Arkansas State Broadband Office publishes the state's BEAD documents.
Earlier federal programs also fund Arkansas networks. USAC records 103,815 locations with service deployed under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, with $156.7 million13 disbursed, and the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund allocated $158.1 million14 to the state.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $1,024,303,994 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 79,293 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $305,491,845 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $3,853 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $718,812,149 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $158,086,576 | |
| RDOF: locations built with support (cumulative) | 103,815 | |
| USDA ReConnect grants reported to USAspending | $0 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 45,285 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 16.8% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 215,017 |
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs; Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data; Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; USAC, Lifeline participation rate; USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024. BEAD figures are as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview, subject to final review; "not assigned to deployment" is the allocation minus the deployment cost (NTIA calls it savings; how it may be used is not settled). The ACP stopped taking applications on February 8, 2024 and ended on June 1, 2024.
Every Arkansas county and city
The table lists all 754 counties, as of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), followed by the state's cities and towns.
| Arkansas County | 10,196 | 77.8% | 78.0% | 37.1% | 5.2% | Brightspeed | 49.5% ±4.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley County | 10,620 | 93.1% | 93.2% | 48.0% | 5.0% | Swyft Connect | 58.0% ±2.7 |
| Baxter County | 24,299 | 93.2% | 99.1% | 50.6% | 0.3% | NEXT, Powered by NAEC, LLC | 68.8% ±3.0 |
| Benton County | 118,774 | 50.1% | 82.9% | 41.8% | 4.9% | Cox | 78.7% ±1.2 |
| Boone County | 18,412 | 51.8% | 73.0% | 26.5% | 7.9% | Kinetic | 62.4% ±3.0 |
| Bradley County | 6,027 | 40.7% | 93.1% | 2.7% | 3.1% | Vyve Broadband | 54.0% ±5.1 |
| Calhoun County | 3,038 | 91.0% | 91.0% | 0.0% | 6.3% | AIRECAST | 58.2% ±7.5 |
| Carroll County | 14,673 | 19.6% | 47.2% | 13.2% | 20.8% | Cox | 48.9% ±3.2 |
| Chicot County | 5,761 | 17.6% | 70.1% | 0.0% | 16.4% | Vyve Broadband | 59.8% ±6.0 |
| Clark County | 10,008 | 79.0% | 94.8% | 36.1% | 1.2% | South Central Connect | 63.2% ±3.4 |
| Clay County | 8,959 | 88.7% | 91.9% | 52.0% | 1.7% | Brightspeed | 60.4% ±4.2 |
| Cleburne County | 17,983 | 75.0% | 87.0% | 30.9% | 1.7% | Connect2First | 52.8% ±2.5 |
| Cleveland County | 4,459 | 71.3% | 71.3% | 12.3% | 21.5% | Rally Networks | 35.1% ±5.9 |
| Columbia County | 11,148 | 66.0% | 77.6% | 34.4% | 12.9% | Optimum | 50.1% ±4.4 |
| Conway County | 10,844 | 41.6% | 59.4% | 17.7% | 13.8% | Optimum | 45.3% ±4.4 |
| Craighead County | 43,240 | 86.0% | 95.8% | 70.1% | 0.3% | Optimum | 72.0% ±1.6 |
| Crawford County | 26,574 | 71.7% | 90.4% | 48.8% | 1.1% | Cox | 70.9% ±2.5 |
| Crittenden County | 19,438 | 26.0% | 94.8% | 18.6% | 1.7% | Xfinity | 56.8% ±2.7 |
| Cross County | 8,261 | 60.1% | 92.7% | 46.8% | 3.3% | Longview Cable Television Company Inc | 53.8% ±4.8 |
| Dallas County | 4,187 | 60.8% | 64.8% | 41.8% | 21.1% | Kinetic | 48.6% ±7.2 |
| Desha County | 6,231 | 27.2% | 65.1% | 27.1% | 10.1% | Vyve Broadband | 53.5% ±5.2 |
| Drew County | 8,494 | 45.5% | 73.1% | 34.5% | 15.5% | Vyve Broadband | 44.8% ±5.1 |
| Faulkner County | 49,497 | 60.1% | 83.0% | 30.8% | 5.3% | AT&T | 79.8% ±1.5 |
| Franklin County | 9,150 | 87.4% | 87.4% | 20.6% | 0.8% | Wave Rural Connect, LLC | 61.3% ±3.5 |
| Fulton County | 5,968 | 89.5% | 98.2% | 3.9% | 0.7% | NEXT, Powered by NAEC, LLC | 61.0% ±4.4 |
| Garland County | 48,717 | 50.1% | 92.0% | 38.2% | 3.6% | Longview Cable Television Company Inc | 66.1% ±1.5 |
| Grant County | 8,627 | 95.7% | 95.7% | 7.8% | 1.8% | Kinetic | 63.5% ±3.3 |
| Greene County | 19,290 | 99.8% | 99.8% | 11.6% | 0.0% | Paragould Light Water and Cable | 72.3% ±2.5 |
| Hempstead County | 10,385 | 84.2% | 86.1% | 61.0% | 7.7% | Hope Water & Light | 43.3% ±4.1 |
| Hot Spring County | 14,961 | 77.8% | 94.2% | 31.7% | 1.8% | South Central Connect | 52.4% ±3.5 |
| Howard County | 6,746 | 77.2% | 80.3% | 29.3% | 7.6% | Premier Broadband | 44.9% ±4.6 |
| Independence County | 17,338 | 42.1% | 74.2% | 23.1% | 11.2% | Optimum | 58.0% ±3.0 |
| Izard County | 8,614 | 78.9% | 85.6% | 13.0% | 7.5% | NEXT, Powered by NAEC, LLC | 59.1% ±3.6 |
| Jackson County | 7,829 | 86.0% | 90.3% | 58.0% | 4.6% | Optimum | 56.7% ±3.9 |
| Jefferson County | 31,371 | 47.5% | 91.6% | 34.0% | 4.7% | Longview Cable Television Company Inc | 55.3% ±2.4 |
| Johnson County | 12,185 | 84.8% | 88.9% | 31.9% | 3.0% | Brightspeed | 56.3% ±4.1 |
| Lafayette County | 4,568 | 79.6% | 83.7% | 18.1% | 3.3% | Northeast Florida Telephone Company | 41.6% ±4.6 |
| Lawrence County | 8,188 | 88.5% | 97.2% | 31.5% | 0.7% | empower, delivered by CECC | 60.9% ±3.4 |
| Lee County | 4,351 | 4.9% | 53.7% | 1.5% | 12.6% | Longview Cable Television Company Inc | 41.4% ±5.9 |
| Lincoln County | 5,075 | 78.4% | 78.4% | 40.9% | 6.6% | C&L Broadband Connect | 43.6% ±4.7 |
| Little River County | 6,899 | 54.5% | 86.2% | 5.2% | 9.6% | Four States Fiber | 51.4% ±4.9 |
| Logan County | 11,745 | 86.2% | 86.2% | 19.9% | 2.3% | Brightspeed | 55.8% ±4.2 |
| Lonoke County | 31,352 | 93.2% | 96.3% | 77.3% | 0.4% | Connect2First | 68.3% ±2.4 |
| Madison County | 9,587 | 92.7% | 92.7% | 4.7% | 4.8% | Madison County Telephone Company | 52.3% ±4.8 |
| Marion County | 9,980 | 70.3% | 76.9% | 21.0% | 17.4% | Northern Arkansas Telephone Company Inc | 59.9% ±3.9 |
| Miller County | 17,815 | 97.4% | 99.8% | 94.3% | 0.1% | Sparklight | 66.1% ±3.1 |
| Mississippi County | 19,419 | 46.6% | 93.3% | 35.2% | 2.5% | Right Fiber | 59.8% ±3.1 |
| Monroe County | 4,615 | 50.8% | 50.8% | 0.0% | 11.6% | Brightspeed | 41.1% ±7.4 |
| Montgomery County | 6,245 | 33.6% | 49.2% | 9.2% | 27.5% | Kinetic | 46.2% ±5.4 |
| Nevada County | 4,755 | 67.2% | 72.7% | 35.5% | 17.1% | Brightspeed | 46.8% ±5.6 |
| Newton County | 5,771 | 4.3% | 4.4% | 0.0% | 45.5% | Right Fiber | 61.9% ±6.4 |
| Ouachita County | 12,099 | 87.3% | 88.0% | 55.7% | 7.1% | Arkansas Rural Internet Services, LLC | 57.0% ±3.4 |
| Perry County | 5,466 | 93.5% | 94.5% | 55.5% | 1.2% | Connect2First | 56.1% ±5.1 |
| Phillips County | 9,401 | 7.5% | 70.9% | 4.0% | 11.9% | Optimum | 49.7% ±5.2 |
| Pike County | 6,178 | 98.3% | 98.4% | 28.4% | 1.4% | South Central Connect | 59.4% ±4.5 |
| Poinsett County | 9,204 | 55.2% | 94.0% | 34.1% | 3.4% | Right Fiber | 53.4% ±2.9 |
| Polk County | 11,309 | 12.7% | 51.9% | 1.6% | 26.5% | Vyve Broadband | 41.8% ±3.9 |
| Pope County | 26,411 | 61.4% | 80.6% | 44.2% | 6.0% | Brightspeed | 67.2% ±2.5 |
| Prairie County | 4,746 | 38.2% | 44.6% | 12.3% | 14.1% | Aristotle | 37.6% ±5.3 |
| Pulaski County | 154,852 | 74.7% | 97.1% | 74.5% | 1.0% | Xfinity | 73.2% ±1.1 |
| Randolph County | 9,842 | 86.1% | 87.5% | 39.9% | 3.3% | Brightspeed | 60.4% ±3.2 |
| Saline County | 54,120 | 74.2% | 94.3% | 67.1% | 1.5% | AT&T | 70.7% ±1.9 |
| Scott County | 5,613 | 82.0% | 84.1% | 24.9% | 6.0% | Brightspeed | 54.8% ±6.0 |
| Searcy County | 5,763 | 75.5% | 75.8% | 13.7% | 10.6% | Petit Jean Fiber | 41.7% ±4.1 |
| Sebastian County | 51,686 | 79.4% | 95.6% | 70.3% | 0.3% | Cox | 73.5% ±1.5 |
| Sevier County | 7,189 | 80.4% | 86.1% | 48.0% | 7.2% | Kinetic | 59.9% ±5.3 |
| Sharp County | 11,350 | 55.8% | 89.2% | 9.3% | 6.0% | Brightspeed | 58.5% ±3.4 |
| St. Francis County | 10,245 | 54.0% | 86.5% | 35.4% | 2.2% | Longview Cable Television Company Inc | 51.3% ±4.3 |
| Stone County | 7,772 | 40.1% | 40.1% | 1.6% | 17.0% | Mountain View Telephone Company | 54.8% ±5.4 |
| Union County | 20,226 | 34.2% | 66.1% | 31.5% | 15.8% | Optimum | 61.5% ±2.8 |
| Van Buren County | 10,667 | 98.5% | 98.5% | 39.1% | 1.1% | Petit Jean Fiber | 56.8% ±4.2 |
| Washington County | 86,751 | 89.6% | 98.1% | 72.0% | 0.2% | Cox | 74.7% ±1.2 |
| White County | 33,964 | 64.7% | 80.9% | 41.3% | 7.7% | Longview Cable Television Company Inc | 58.1% ±2.0 |
| Woodruff County | 4,026 | 49.9% | 49.9% | 0.0% | 17.8% | Brightspeed | 46.9% ±4.9 |
| Yell County | 10,271 | 67.0% | 68.6% | 15.5% | 19.5% | Arkwest Communications, Inc. | 62.0% ±4.7 |
| Arkansas | 1,361,820 | 67.6% | 87.1% | 44.8% | 4.8% | 66.4% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables. Shares of broadband serviceable locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC). 2+ wired choices: two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. Unserved: BEAD definition. Largest wired provider: reports fiber, cable or DSL at the most locations. Wired subscription: households with a cable, fiber or DSL subscription, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (± 90% margin of error).
| Little Rock | 206,427 | 75.2% | 96.6% | 75.9% | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville | 106,623 | 84.8% | 92.8% | 82.9% | 5 |
| Fort Smith | 90,855 | 84.0% | 90.2% | 80.4% | 6 |
| Springdale | 90,685 | 80.2% | 88.4% | 76.0% | 4 |
| Jonesboro | 83,296 | 83.4% | 83.3% | 79.7% | 4 |
| Rogers | 76,956 | 79.6% | 90.7% | 75.2% | 5 |
| Conway | 72,328 | 51.1% | 100.0% | 43.9% | 6 |
| North Little Rock | 65,120 | 80.3% | 94.8% | 80.0% | 4 |
| Bentonville | 63,057 | 66.9% | 93.5% | 63.9% | 5 |
| Benton | 38,898 | 83.5% | 94.7% | 92.2% | 5 |
| Pine Bluff | 38,213 | 27.8% | 27.8% | 26.0% | 5 |
| Hot Springs | 37,979 | 55.0% | 55.0% | 54.1% | 4 |
| Bella Vista | 34,518 | 1.0% | 85.6% | 3.4% | 2 |
| Sherwood | 33,620 | 85.6% | 90.1% | 86.2% | 4 |
| Paragould | 31,135 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 9.6% | 3 |
| Russellville | 29,521 | 88.8% | 88.8% | 81.1% | 3 |
| Jacksonville | 29,460 | 92.5% | 93.3% | 92.4% | 4 |
| Texarkana | 29,123 | 96.0% | 96.0% | 95.6% | 5 |
| Cabot | 27,711 | 93.0% | 99.3% | 92.4% | 3 |
| Centerton | 27,176 | 86.4% | 94.0% | 62.6% | 4 |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files. Shares of broadband serviceable locations inside city limits (2020 census blocks), as of June 30, 2026. Population: July 1, 2025 estimate. Gigabit: 1,000/100 Mbps.
Arkansas internet questions
What internet providers are available in Arkansas?
Apart from the three satellite networks, the widest reported reach belongs to two licensed fixed wireless (5G home internet) services, T-Mobile (62.5% of locations) and Verizon (60.9%), and to AT&T (51.4%), which reports fiber, DSL and fixed wireless. The next largest are Cox (17.4%), Brightspeed (16.2%), Xfinity (14.1%), Optimum (13.6%) and Right Fiber (10.3%1). These are reported coverage shares as of June 30, 2026, not a measure of quality.
How many homes in Arkansas lack broadband?
Far fewer than in 2022. The unserved share, homes and businesses with no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service at 25/3 Mbps, fell from 17.2%2 in June 2022 to 4.8% (65,528 locations) in June 2026. Another 52,858 had reliable service below 100/20. Newton County, in the Ozarks, has the highest share: 45.5%1.
Is there cheap or low-income internet in Arkansas?
The FCC map has no prices, and no official source publishes typical Arkansas prices. The federal Lifeline discount ($9.25 a month) is available to eligible low-income households; USAC estimates that 16.8%8 of those eligible in Arkansas take part. The Affordable Connectivity Program ended on June 1, 2024. Each provider's broadband facts label lists its current plans and prices.
Checking one address in Arkansas
The figures on this page describe the whole area. Which providers report service at a single home or apartment is shown only on the FCC's own map: search the address at broadbandmap.fcc.gov. If a provider is listed there but cannot actually connect you within ten business days, or the location is missing or misplaced, the map has a button to file a challenge; providers must respond, and corrections flow into later releases. Prices and plans are not part of the FCC data: each provider must show them on its broadband facts label at the point of sale.
More on internet in and around Arkansas
Large cities with their own page: Little Rock and Fayetteville.
Neighboring states: Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Put Arkansas side by side with any state or large city in the comparison tool.
| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 67.6% | 24th of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 74.8% | 24th of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 87.1% | 42nd of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 44.8% | 38th of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 4.8% | 8th of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 33.2% | 13th of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 81.5% | 40th of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 91.6% | 47th of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 3,853.0% | 40th of 50 |
Sources
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Availability as of June 30, 2026; released November 10, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; Availability as of June 30, 2022; released May 10, 2024. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; Availability as of December 31, 2025; released November 3, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. www2.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- NTIA Data Explorer "Analyze Table"; November 2023 (also all prior waves 1994-2021). www.ntia.gov
- Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; Support months 2018-01 to 2026-09. opendata.usac.org
- USAC, Lifeline participation rate; released August 17, 2026. www.usac.org
- USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024; Enrolled households as of 2024-02-08 (Data Month January 2024 file). www.usac.org
- US Internet Map, Our calculation from the sources named in the definition.
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; Allocations announced 2023-06-26; released June 26, 2023. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data. opendata.usac.org
- Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; Allocations under ARPA sec. 604 (awards announced 2022-06 to 2023). home.treasury.gov
- Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Awards with action dates FY2008 to 2026-09-30. api.usaspending.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; July 1, 2025; released May 14, 2026. www.census.gov
- Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files; released December 11, 2020. www2.census.gov
Margins of error (±) are at the 90% confidence level. A difference is called significant only when it passes the Census Bureau's test at that level. How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.