Internet in Little Rock, Arkansas

Who reports service in Little Rock

Two wired networks cover almost the whole city. Xfinity reports service at 98.7% of Little Rock's 73,225 homes and businesses, and AT&T reports some kind of service at 94.1%: fiber at 74.9%¹, with DSL and fixed wireless over most of the remainder. These are the locations where each company tells the FCC it can install service within ten business days, as of June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026), inside the city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census.

6 wired providers report service somewhere in the city, but apart from those two most of them cover a few hundred locations or fewer. Connect2First reports fiber at 0.2%¹ of locations. HughesNet, Viasat and Starlink report satellite service at every location, as they do across the country.

AT&T fiber became the second wire

In June 2022, 46.3% of Little Rock's locations had only one wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps. By June 2026 that share had fallen to 23.6%, and 75.9% could choose between two or more, up from 50.6%². Over the same four years the fiber share rose by 25.2 percentage points, and DSL, the older service over copper phone lines, fell by 13.8 percentage points to 46.2%¹.

NoneOneTwoThree or more

Little Rock

Arkansas

United States

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
Little Rock	0.5%	23.6%	75.9%	0.0%
Arkansas	12.9%	42.3%	33.5%	11.3%
United States	7.8%	36.6%	44.6%	11.1%

June 30, 2022December 31, 2025June 30, 2026

Fiber available75.2% +25.2 pts

Two or more wired choices75.9% +25.3 pts

One wired choice23.6% −22.7 pts

DSL available46.2% −13.8 pts

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)
Fiber available	50.0%	70.8%	75.2%	25.2 pts
Two or more wired choices	50.6%	72.2%	75.9%	25.3 pts
One wired choice	46.3%	27.2%	23.6%	−22.7 pts
DSL available	60.1%	47.1%	46.2%	−13.8 pts

The change has not stopped. Between December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026 alone, the fiber share rose by 4.4 percentage points, an increase that ranks tied for 60th highest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. Xfinity is still the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps for 23.0%¹ of locations; by definition, none of those addresses has AT&T fiber.

Many fiber providers, rarely two at one address

The count of fiber providers, 4, overstates the choice. Only 0.1% of locations have two or more different fiber networks. Apart from AT&T, each fiber company covers only a small part of the city, and Xfinity's own fiber reaches 0.1%¹ of locations.

Northwest Arkansas looks different. In Fayetteville, fiber reaches 84.8% of locations and 34.2% have two or more fiber networks. Fayetteville's fiber share was already 75.9%² in June 2022 and has risen by 8.9 percentage points since, against 25.2 percentage points¹ in Little Rock.

Faster uploads beyond the fiber footprint

In June 2022 the share of locations with symmetrical wired service of 100/100 Mbps or more, 50.0%², matched the fiber share almost exactly. By June 2026 it was 96.6%, well above the fiber share of 75.2%. DSL here is advertised at no more than 100 Mbps down, so the difference is cable service, almost all of it Xfinity's, now reported with uploads of at least 100 Mbps across much of the city. Gigabit service with 100 Mbps uploads (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) is advertised at 96.6% of locations, against 74.8%¹ statewide.

The top advertised tier moved up as well. At 95.4% of locations the fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more, compared with 32.7%² in June 2022; Xfinity's cable is reported at up to 2 Gbps, its small fiber footprint at up to 2 Gbps, and AT&T's fiber at up to 5 Gbps¹. These are maximum advertised speeds reported by the providers, not measurements.

Little Rock96.6%

Fayetteville92.8%

Arkansas74.9%

United States73.7%

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	Wired 100/100 Mbps
Little Rock	96.6%
Fayetteville	92.8%
Arkansas	74.9%
United States	73.7%

Under 25 Mbps or none25–99100–249250–499500–939940–1,9992,000 or more

Little Rock

Arkansas

United States

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
Little Rock	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	4.1%	95.4%
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%

Verizon and T-Mobile home internet

Licensed fixed wireless, which includes 5G home internet, is reported at 97.6% of locations, a share that ranks tied for 65th highest among large cities. T-Mobile reports it at 89.8% of locations, with 100/20 Mbps at 42.3%; Verizon at 85.8%, with 100/20 Mbps at 47.9%. The share of locations where any licensed fixed wireless provider offers 100/20 Mbps rose from 33.5%² in 2022 to 65.2%. Aristotle, which reported no service in the city in June 2022, reports licensed fixed wireless at 10.6% of locations with a top advertised download of 25 Mbps¹.

Fixed wireless capacity is shared on each tower sector, so carriers decide sign-ups address by address; the FCC figures show where they report service, not where every home could subscribe at once.

New Bedford, Massachusetts 12.2%San Angelo, Texas 100.0%

Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Each dot is a city. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.

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Area	Fixed wireless 100/20
San Angelo, Texas	100.0%
Rio Rancho, New Mexico	99.9%
Berkeley, California	99.8%
Elk Grove, California	99.6%
Edinburg, Texas	98.6%
San Francisco, California	98.6%
Concord, California	98.5%
South Bend, Indiana	98.2%
Edmond, Oklahoma	97.7%
Boulder, Colorado	96.8%
Killeen, Texas	96.7%
Abilene, Texas	96.3%
Sunnyvale, California	96.1%
Waco, Texas	95.9%
Daly City, California	95.6%
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	95.5%
Oakland, California	95.0%
St. George, Utah	94.7%
Santa Clara, California	94.6%
San Jose, California	94.0%
Albuquerque, New Mexico	92.9%
Tracy, California	92.7%
Lincoln, Nebraska	92.7%
Eugene, Oregon	92.6%
Odessa, Texas	92.6%
Fresno, California	92.3%
Jackson, Mississippi	92.1%
Richmond, California	91.6%
McAllen, Texas	91.1%
Pueblo, Colorado	90.7%
Clovis, California	89.5%
Fremont, California	87.0%
Wichita Falls, Texas	86.3%
Chico, California	86.3%
Colorado Springs, Colorado	84.4%
Corpus Christi, Texas	83.2%
Denver, Colorado	83.1%
San Mateo, California	81.4%
Vacaville, California	81.1%
Fort Myers, Florida	80.9%
Hayward, California	80.4%
Anchorage, Alaska	79.2%
Fort Worth, Texas	79.0%
Lee's Summit, Missouri	78.5%
Springfield, Illinois	78.2%
Modesto, California	77.7%
Amarillo, Texas	77.6%
Cleveland, Ohio	77.3%
Brownsville, Texas	76.9%
Antioch, California	75.7%
Pembroke Pines, Florida	75.2%
Glendale, Arizona	75.2%
Georgetown, Texas	73.9%
Stockton, California	73.7%
Frisco, Texas	73.2%
Mesa, Arizona	72.0%
Dearborn, Michigan	72.0%
New Braunfels, Texas	71.6%
Cambridge, Massachusetts	71.3%
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma	71.3%
Tulsa, Oklahoma	71.0%
San Antonio, Texas	70.3%
Bend, Oregon	70.0%
St. Louis, Missouri	69.1%
Scottsdale, Arizona	68.3%
Fort Collins, Colorado	68.3%
Austin, Texas	68.1%
Joliet, Illinois	67.8%
Norman, Oklahoma	67.5%
Boise, Idaho	67.1%
Arlington, Texas	66.5%
Inglewood, California	66.1%
Tyler, Texas	66.0%
Omaha, Nebraska	66.0%
Minneapolis, Minnesota	65.8%
Salem, Oregon	65.4%
Las Cruces, New Mexico	65.3%
Little Rock, Arkansas	65.2%
Overland Park, Kansas	65.1%
Phoenix, Arizona	64.8%
Tempe, Arizona	64.7%
Aurora, Illinois	64.7%
Fayetteville, North Carolina	64.7%
Seattle, Washington	64.6%
Kansas City, Missouri	64.4%
Lexington, Kentucky	64.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan	64.2%
Bakersfield, California	64.0%
Montgomery, Alabama	63.8%
Huntsville, Alabama	63.7%
Irvine, California	63.7%
Shreveport, Louisiana	63.4%
Topeka, Kansas	63.3%
Springfield, Missouri	63.2%
Grand Prairie, Texas	63.2%
Columbia, South Carolina	63.2%
Fort Wayne, Indiana	63.1%
Surprise, Arizona	62.9%
Chandler, Arizona	62.6%
McKinney, Texas	62.6%
Salt Lake City, Utah	62.6%
Carmel, Indiana	62.3%
Mesquite, Texas	62.3%
Beaumont, Texas	62.2%
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	61.7%
Salinas, California	61.6%
Dayton, Ohio	61.3%
Cincinnati, Ohio	61.0%
Cary, North Carolina	61.0%
Roseville, California	60.9%
Burbank, California	60.8%
Chicago, Illinois	60.4%
Boca Raton, Florida	60.4%
Charlotte, North Carolina	60.3%
Spokane, Washington	60.3%
Orlando, Florida	60.0%
Fayetteville, Arkansas	59.9%
Chattanooga, Tennessee	59.8%
Torrance, California	59.8%
Tacoma, Washington	59.7%
Sugar Land, Texas	59.7%
Green Bay, Wisconsin	59.6%
Wichita, Kansas	59.6%
Tallahassee, Florida	59.4%
Fishers, Indiana	59.4%
Fullerton, California	59.3%
Portland, Oregon	59.0%
Naperville, Illinois	58.8%
Round Rock, Texas	58.8%
Miramar, Florida	58.8%
Provo, Utah	58.6%
Everett, Washington	58.5%
Richardson, Texas	58.5%
Gilbert, Arizona	58.5%
Hillsboro, Oregon	58.4%
Centennial, Colorado	58.3%
Sacramento, California	58.3%
Nashville, Tennessee	58.3%
New Orleans, Louisiana	58.1%
Madison, Wisconsin	58.0%
Knoxville, Tennessee	57.9%
Pearland, Texas	57.7%
Peoria, Illinois	57.6%
Columbia, Missouri	57.4%
Bellevue, Washington	57.3%
Los Angeles, California	57.2%
Memphis, Tennessee	57.1%
Albany, New York	57.0%
Rochester, New York	57.0%
West Jordan, Utah	56.8%
Westminster, Colorado	56.7%
Lubbock, Texas	56.6%
Houston, Texas	56.5%
Lafayette, Louisiana	56.5%
Orange, California	56.4%
Indianapolis, Indiana	56.4%
Louisville, Kentucky	56.3%
Concord, North Carolina	56.2%
Atlanta, Georgia	56.2%
Savannah, Georgia	55.8%
Chula Vista, California	55.7%
New York, New York	55.7%
Miami Gardens, Florida	55.3%
Independence, Missouri	55.2%
Kansas City, Kansas	55.2%
El Paso, Texas	55.0%
Raleigh, North Carolina	54.9%
Akron, Ohio	54.7%
Olathe, Kansas	54.5%
Birmingham, Alabama	54.5%
Anaheim, California	54.2%
Evansville, Indiana	54.2%
North Charleston, South Carolina	53.8%
Costa Mesa, California	53.8%
Laredo, Texas	53.8%
Tucson, Arizona	53.7%
Midland, Texas	53.7%
Allen, Texas	53.7%
Ventura, California	53.6%
Arvada, Colorado	53.5%
Sandy Springs, Georgia	53.4%
Mobile, Alabama	53.4%
Columbus, Ohio	53.3%
Baton Rouge, Louisiana	53.3%
Baltimore, Maryland	52.9%
Lakewood, Colorado	52.9%
Warren, Michigan	52.7%
Hollywood, Florida	52.5%
Miami, Florida	52.4%
Spokane Valley, Washington	52.3%
Vallejo, California	52.3%
Visalia, California	52.0%
Denton, Texas	51.6%
Winston-Salem, North Carolina	51.4%
Santa Ana, California	51.3%
El Monte, California	51.2%
Augusta, Georgia	51.1%
Pasadena, California	50.7%
Alexandria, Virginia	50.7%
Rochester, Minnesota	50.6%
Hialeah, Florida	50.4%
Meridian, Idaho	50.3%
Yuma, Arizona	50.3%
Wilmington, North Carolina	50.0%
Corona, California	50.0%
Manchester, New Hampshire	49.8%
Washington, District of Columbia	49.8%
Des Moines, Iowa	49.4%
Long Beach, California	49.3%
Pasadena, Texas	49.3%
Renton, Washington	49.2%
Oceanside, California	49.1%
Conroe, Texas	48.9%
San Diego, California	48.8%
Charleston, South Carolina	48.4%
Riverside, California	48.4%
St. Paul, Minnesota	47.9%
Glendale, California	47.8%
Detroit, Michigan	47.7%
Boston, Massachusetts	47.6%
Sparks, Nevada	47.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan	47.3%
Sioux Falls, South Dakota	47.2%
Reno, Nevada	47.1%
Pompano Beach, Florida	46.8%
College Station, Texas	46.6%
Durham, North Carolina	46.3%
Sterling Heights, Michigan	46.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	46.0%
Gresham, Oregon	46.0%
Dallas, Texas	45.8%
Carlsbad, California	45.7%
Aurora, Colorado	45.4%
Greensboro, North Carolina	45.2%
St. Petersburg, Florida	45.2%
Huntington Beach, California	45.1%
Billings, Montana	45.1%
Fort Lauderdale, Florida	44.8%
Murfreesboro, Tennessee	44.8%
Rancho Cucamonga, California	44.5%
Garden Grove, California	44.4%
Greeley, Colorado	44.3%
Clarksville, Tennessee	43.6%
Tuscaloosa, Alabama	43.5%
Kent, Washington	43.4%
El Cajon, California	43.4%
Las Vegas, Nevada	43.4%
Richmond, Virginia	42.9%
Goodyear, Arizona	42.5%
Buffalo, New York	42.4%
Quincy, Massachusetts	42.2%
Rockford, Illinois	42.2%
Jersey City, New Jersey	42.1%
Jacksonville, Florida	41.9%
Peoria, Arizona	41.8%
Davenport, Iowa	41.6%
Toledo, Ohio	41.2%
Avondale, Arizona	41.0%
Lakeland, Florida	41.0%
High Point, North Carolina	41.0%
Vancouver, Washington	40.8%
Fargo, North Dakota	40.4%
Plano, Texas	40.4%
Carrollton, Texas	39.8%
Athens, Georgia	39.7%
Tampa, Florida	39.5%
Springfield, Massachusetts	39.5%
Elgin, Illinois	38.9%
League City, Texas	38.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	38.9%
Lansing, Michigan	38.8%
Longmont, Colorado	38.8%
Davie, Florida	38.3%
Downey, California	38.2%
Henderson, Nevada	38.1%
Columbus, Georgia	38.1%
Chesapeake, Virginia	37.3%
Syracuse, New York	37.2%
Jurupa Valley, California	36.7%
Irving, Texas	35.9%
Palm Bay, Florida	35.7%
Thornton, Colorado	35.7%
Coral Springs, Florida	35.3%
West Palm Beach, Florida	35.3%
Gainesville, Florida	34.9%
Fairfield, California	34.3%
Cedar Rapids, Iowa	34.3%
Simi Valley, California	34.2%
New Haven, Connecticut	34.1%
Norfolk, Virginia	34.0%
Hartford, Connecticut	33.8%
Macon, Georgia	33.5%
Buckeye, Arizona	33.3%
Yonkers, New York	33.1%
Clearwater, Florida	33.1%
South Fulton, Georgia	33.0%
Rialto, California	32.8%
Nampa, Idaho	32.7%
Palm Coast, Florida	32.4%
Fontana, California	32.0%
Suffolk, Virginia	31.7%
Garland, Texas	31.7%
Hesperia, California	31.6%
West Valley City, Utah	31.0%
Lewisville, Texas	30.8%
Santa Rosa, California	30.8%
Paterson, New Jersey	30.5%
Cape Coral, Florida	30.0%
Thousand Oaks, California	29.9%
Murrieta, California	29.8%
Port St. Lucie, Florida	29.4%
Lancaster, California	28.9%
Palmdale, California	28.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia	28.4%
Pomona, California	28.4%
San Bernardino, California	28.0%
Ontario, California	27.9%
Newark, New Jersey	27.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania	27.6%
Hampton, Virginia	27.3%
Escondido, California	26.6%
West Covina, California	26.4%
Stamford, Connecticut	26.2%
Deltona, Florida	25.9%
Temecula, California	25.6%
Lynn, Massachusetts	25.6%
Newport News, Virginia	24.7%
Worcester, Massachusetts	24.7%
Oxnard, California	24.0%
Providence, Rhode Island	23.5%
Moreno Valley, California	23.0%
North Las Vegas, Nevada	22.7%
Menifee, California	22.6%
Santa Maria, California	22.4%
Santa Clarita, California	21.9%
Elizabeth, New Jersey	20.5%
Honolulu, Hawaii	19.5%
Victorville, California	19.4%
Brockton, Massachusetts	18.6%
Bridgeport, Connecticut	18.4%
Waterbury, Connecticut	18.0%
Lowell, Massachusetts	17.0%
New Bedford, Massachusetts	12.2%

The small remainder without a fast wire

362 locations in the city have no wired provider at 100/20 Mbps. Of those, 98 can get that speed only from fixed wireless, and 83 are unserved under the federal BEAD program's definition, with no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of at least 25/3 Mbps. Only 14 locations depend on satellite alone. In Pulaski County as a whole, 22.5%¹ of locations have a single wired provider at 100/20 Mbps; the Arkansas page has the county map.

Subscriptions since 2019

Census survey figures describe households rather than locations. In the 2025 American Community Survey, 78.0% of Little Rock households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±3.0 percentage points), up from 65.2% in 2019 (±2.7 percentage points). The share with no internet subscription fell from 13.5%⁵ to 4.2% (±1.6 percentage points). Phone-only connections remain common: 14.1% of households relied only on a cellular data plan (±3.4 percentage points), close to the Arkansas share of 15.1%⁴.

Little Rock among cities its size

The table below compares Little Rock with the cities closest to it in population, all from the same FCC release as of June 30, 2026.