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Arkansas BEAD funding

Arkansas's BEAD final proposal covers 79,293 locations. 58,425 of them (73.7%) are slated for fiber to the premises, which ranks Arkansas #19 of 51 for fiber locations. The deployment cost is $305.5 million against an original allocation of $1.02 billion.

Allocation
$1.02 billion
Deployment cost
$305.5 million
Locations
79,293
Fiber locations
58,425

Technology mix

Fiber to the premises58,42573.7%
Low earth orbit satellite12,82216.2%
Fixed wireless5,4996.9%
Hybrid fiber-coax (cable)2,5473.2%

Who won BEAD money in Arkansas

20 providers, largest grant first. The ones building fiber or cable are the ones hiring construction crews.

16,067 locations · Fiber (84%) / Cable (HFC) (16%) · provider match $38.7 million · est. completion December 15, 2027 · about 221 mi buried + 1,948 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
9,427 locations · Fiber · provider match $32.0 million · est. completion January 15, 2029 · about 1,898 mi buried + 283 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Brightspeed
$26.3 million
13,798 locations · Fiber · provider match $39.5 million · est. completion January 15, 2028 · about 185 mi buried + 1,404 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
3,223 locations · Fiber (99%) / Cable (HFC) (1%) · provider match $15.8 million · est. completion January 15, 2030 · about 297 mi buried + 198 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Texhoma Fiber LLC
$19.4 million
1,691 locations · Fiber · provider match $6.7 million · est. completion July 15, 2028 · about 429 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
1,697 locations · Fiber · provider match $6.9 million · est. completion January 15, 2028 · about 130 mi buried + 174 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
9,792 locations · Fiber · provider match $55.7 million · est. completion January 15, 2030 · about 1,173 mi buried + 40 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
1,436 locations · Fiber · provider match $6.0 million · est. completion December 15, 2027 · about 8 mi buried + 287 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
11,168 locations · Satellite (LEO) · provider match $24.2 million · est. completion January 15, 2028
Resound Networks
$5.2 million
5,499 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $1.7 million · est. completion January 15, 2028
1,394 locations · Fiber · provider match $1.7 million · est. completion January 15, 2030 · about 219 mi buried + 32 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
WEHCO Video, Inc
$3.6 million
832 locations · Fiber (99%) / Cable (HFC) (1%) · provider match $1.2 million · est. completion July 15, 2027 · about 19 mi buried + 67 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
437 locations · Fiber · provider match $968,533 · est. completion December 15, 2027 · about 14 mi buried + 41 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
AT&T
$2.2 million
214 locations · Fiber · provider match $4.4 million · est. completion January 15, 2030 · about 40 mi buried + 10 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
OzarksGo
$2.1 million
322 locations · Fiber · provider match $734,623 · est. completion January 15, 2028 · about 9 mi buried + 3 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
1,738 locations · Satellite (LEO) · provider match $589,548 · est. completion June 15, 2027
275 locations · Fiber · provider match $447,491 · est. completion January 15, 2030 · about 25 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
85 locations · Fiber · provider match $2.0 million · est. completion January 15, 2028 · about 20 mi buried + 59 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Swatco
$436,706
58 locations · Fiber · provider match $159,981 · est. completion January 15, 2027 · about 7 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
140 locations · Fiber · provider match $259,858 · est. completion January 15, 2027 · about 8 mi buried fiber (state estimate)

Source: Arkansas State Broadband Office, BEAD Final Proposal Exhibits A-E (files posted 2026-01). Summed per provider from Arkansas's Final Proposal exhibits. Grants total $305,491,844.96 and locations 79,293, both matching NTIA. Provisional awards can change as the state finalizes agreements.

What it means for contractors

Fiber locations are the ones that turn into construction: underground and aerial placement, boring, splicing, drops, and restoration. The providers that won these areas build them, often with subcontractors. Check the Arkansas broadband office's BEAD page for the providers selected in each area. Those providers, and the primes they hire, are who to call about sub work.

Arkansas BEAD officeNTIA state pageFinal proposal overview (PDF)Arkansas 811 rules

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Source: NTIA, final proposal overview updated November 10, 2025. NTIA marks these figures subject to change pending final review. All states.