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Internet providers measured in Arkansas, ranked by speed
Median real-world speeds for the 5 fixed home internet providers with at least 100 distinct connections in Arkansas, fastest first. These are the speeds their customers measured, not advertised plan speeds, and not a statement of who can be bought at a given address.
| # | Provider | Download | Upload | Latency | Connections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ritter Communications | 211.1 | 127.3 | 30 ms | 100+ |
| 2 | Cox | 186.8 | 38.0 | 29 ms | 100+ |
| 3 | Comcast | 175.4 | 44.6 | 25 ms | 250+ |
| 4 | AT&T | 134.5 | 49.7 | 39 ms | 500+ |
| 5 | Windstream | 134.1 | 139.3 | 25 ms | 100+ |
Measured in Arkansas and named rather than ranked: T-Mobile US, Verizon. In Arkansas each of these is the operator's mobile network rather than a wired home line, and a browser test cannot tell a phone from a 5G home gateway on the same network. Ranking them beside fibre and cable would compare two different products.
Also measured, with too few connections for a median we would stand behind: Cablelynx, Connect 2 First, Conway Corporation, Optimum, OzarksGo, Starlink.
Internet in Arkansas: what the data shows
In Arkansas, the median real-world download speed is 131.2 Mbps, 10% below the median published state of 145.6 Mbps, ranking #30 of the 39 states and districts with enough data to publish.
Arkansas is led by Ritter Communications, and its five ranked providers all fall in a narrow band between 134 and 212 Mbps.
Uploads median 45.0 Mbps and latency 33 ms.
Desktop and mobile tests run at about the same median speed, with mobile making up 35% of tests.
Across the 5 fixed providers with enough connections to rank here, medians run from 211.1 Mbps (Ritter Communications) down to 134.1 Mbps (Windstream), a 1.6× spread inside one state. Which network reaches an address matters more here than which state the address is in.
The Arkansas sample carries enough tests to name 13 providers, 6 counties and 4 cities and localities. Dallas was its most-used test server, taking 69% of the tests among the five busiest.
Figures are medians of 2k+ browser-based tests from 2k+ distinct connections, first half of 2026. Each connection counts at most three times, third-party sources are capped, and datacenter networks are excluded, so one busy line cannot move a state. That makes these numbers a different series from the national figure on the United States page, and they are not directly comparable to it.
Where the Arkansas data comes from
6 counties with enough tests to name:
4 cities and localities with enough tests to name:
Counties, cities and localities are named, never numbered, and listed alphabetically. Speeds below state level are part of the licensed dataset.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the average internet speed in Arkansas?
The median real-world download speed in Arkansas is 131.2 Mbps, with 45.0 Mbps upload and 33 ms latency, measured from 2k+ browser-based speed tests on SpeedOf.Me.
Where does Arkansas rank among US states?
Arkansas ranks #30 of the 39 states and districts we publish, 10% below the median published state. We publish a state only where at least 2,000 distinct connections back the number, so 12 of the 51 are not listed at all.
Why is this lower than the speed my provider advertises?
An advertised speed is the maximum the line can carry. This is a real-world measurement through a browser to neutral servers on the open internet, which is what a video call, a download or a game actually gets. Wi-Fi, the device and time of day all sit between the two.
Which internet provider is fastest in Arkansas?
Of the fixed home internet providers with at least 100 distinct connections in Arkansas, Ritter Communications has the highest median real-world download speed at 211.1 Mbps, ahead of Cox at 186.8 Mbps. That is the median its customers measured here, not an advertised plan speed, and a provider is only as fast as the line that reaches your address.
Which internet providers were measured in Arkansas?
13 providers had enough tests in Arkansas to name: AT&T, Cablelynx, Comcast, Connect 2 First, Conway Corporation, Cox, Optimum, OzarksGo, Ritter Communications, Starlink, T-Mobile US, Verizon, Windstream. 5 of them carry a ranked median speed on this page: the rest are either a carrier's mobile network in Arkansas rather than a wired home line, or below the 100 distinct connections we require before publishing a median. That list is not a market-share estimate or a statement of who can be bought at a given address.
Are speeds on phones lower than on computers in Arkansas?
Tests run on phones and tablets, over home Wi-Fi or a cellular connection, are 35% of the Arkansas sample and median 134.8 Mbps. Tests run on desktops and laptops, which are almost always on a fixed line's Wi-Fi, median 129.5 Mbps. This is a device comparison, not a comparison of providers.
How current is this data?
It covers first half of 2026 and was last updated on 2026-09-05. The dataset is free to reuse with attribution under CC BY 4.0.
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