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Below is a summary of the broadband characteristics for the area listed above. The broadband data below is as of June 30, 2012 and represents data collected by SBDD grantees. Click on the section headings to see more information.

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Number of Wireline Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 8.0%
3.5%
1 29.5%
9.6%
2 59.0%
31.2%
3 3.6%
38.1%
4 0.0%
13.2%
5 0.0%
3.0%
6 0.0%
0.9%
7 0.0%
0.3%
8+ 0.0%
0.2%
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Number of Wireless Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 0.1%
0.2%
1 0.7%
1.1%
2 16.1%
3.7%
3 18.9%
7.0%
4 19.1%
25.9%
5 14.1%
27.5%
6 27.3%
19.5%
7 2.9%
7.2%
8+ 0.8%
7.9%
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Technology Percent Population   Nationwide
DSL 83.0%
89.5%
Fiber 3.2%
20.5%
Cable 66.3%
87.6%
Wireless 99.0%
99.0%
Other 0.0%
0.0%
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Speed Percent Population   Nationwide
Unreported 0.0%
0.0%
Download > 0.768 Mbps, Upload > 0.2 Mbps 99.5%
99.6%
Download > 3 Mbps, Upload > 0.768 Mbps 98.2%
98.2%
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Broadband
Speed Test (mbps)
Number of Tests  
Home 3,822
1.5 Median Speed: 4.9 mbps Median Speed: 4.9 mbps 10.4
Schools, Libraries, Community Centers 90
1.9 Median Speed: 7.5 mbps Median Speed: 7.5 mbps 17.7
Medium/Large Business 142
2.6 Median Speed: 10.7 mbps Median Speed: 10.7 mbps 16.9
Small Business 271
1.4 Median Speed: 3.6 mbps Median Speed: 3.6 mbps 10.8
Mobile 13,026
0.6 Median Speed: 1.8 mbps Median Speed: 1.8 mbps 5.0
Other 27
1.4 Median Speed: 3.2 mbps Median Speed: 3.2 mbps 17.2
25* percentile  median speed (mbps) median speed (mbps)    75* percentile
Source 
0 17.7
Community
Anchor Institutions
Total Number of Records Subscribe to Broadband  
Yes No ? *
Schools K through 12 245 31 0 214 245
University, College, other post-secondary 70 70 0 0 0
Libraries 116 108 8 0 88
Medical / Healthcare 104 27 77 0 12
Public Safety 1,661 320 503 838 23
Community Centers - Government support 26 26 0 0 26
Community Centers - Non-Government support 250 250 0 0 0
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Speeds provided *
CAI Speed Tiers
BTOP Arkansas State Funding
Recipient Project Total Award
State Data and Development
Connect Arkansas State Data and Development $6,175,366
Infrastructure
University Corporation fo… United States Unified Community Anchor Network … $62,540,162
University of Arkansas Sy… The Arkansas Healthcare, Higher Education, Publ… $102,131,393
Public Computer Centers
Sustainable Adoption
Communication Service for… Project Endeavor $14,988,657
Connect Arkansas Inc. Expanding Broadband Use in Arkansas Through Edu… $3,702,738
One Economy Corporation 21st Century Information and Support Ecosystem:… $28,519,482
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BIP Arkansas State Funding Summary
Applicant Name Grant Request Loan Request Total Request
Round 1
Round 2
Sacenet $7,530,000 $0 $7,530,000
Echostar XI Operating LLC $14,159,250 $0 $14,159,250
Wildblue Communications $19,533,444 $0 $19,533,444
Hughes Network Systems $58,777,306 $0 $58,777,306
Crystal Broadband Networks $1,737,945 $1,808,881 $3,546,826
Northern Arkansas Telephone Company $2,569,636 $0 $2,569,636
Utopian Wireless Corporation $2,232,496 $744,165 $2,976,661
Windstream Corporation $7,285,202 $0 $7,285,202
Windstream Corporation $103,283 $0 $103,283
TA-Grants
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Demographics
Total area (sq miles) 50,907
Population 2,967,504
Housing Units 1,349,227
Age Area (%)   Nationwide
under 5 5.4%
5.2%
5 - 19 21.2%
20.5%
20 - 34 20.0%
19.8%
35 - 59 32.1%
33.6%
60+ 21.4%
21.0%
Race Area (%)   Nationwide
White 79.2%
70.5%
Black 14.7%
11.3%
Hispanic 5.0%
13.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.9%
4.0%
Native American 0.2%
0.5%
Income Area (%)   Nationwide
Median income $42,653 $58,283
Poverty rate 18.7%
15.8%
Below $25k 32.1%
24.1%
$25k-$50k 36.0%
30.0%
$50k-$100k 27.5%
30.6%
$100k-$200k 9.8%
16.5%
$200k or more 1.8%
4.2%
Education Area (%)   Nationwide
High School
graduate
75.9%
80.0%
Bachelor's
degree or higher
17.5%
24.8%
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