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Arkansas State Broadband Office

Arkansas State Broadband Office Overview

Arkansas Broadband Grant Award Status

BEAD: $1.02 B

Arkansas 5 Year Plan
Initial Proposal v1
Challenge Window
4
Initial Proposal v2
5
Application Window
6
Awards Announced

Treasury Capital Projects Fund: $158.1 M

Treasury Approved
Application Window
3
Awards Announced

Broadband Office Name:
Arkansas State Broadband Office

Parent Department:
Arkansas Department of Commerce Broadband Office

Arkansas Broadband Director

Glen Howie

About Arkansas State Broadband Office

The Arkansas Department of Commerce's Broadband Office coordinates the state's broadband related activities. The Arkansas Rural Connect Grant Program provides funding to assist in the deployment or improvement of broadband infrastructure into unserved or improvement to underserved communities. 

The state's broadband goal, as articulated in its 2019 broadband plan, is to get universal access to broadband at speeds of 25Mbps upload /3Mbps download by 2022. 

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institute for Digital Health and Innovation manages the state's rural broadband grants.

The Arkansas legislature also created the Rural Broadband I.D. Expenses Trust Fund. Based at the UAMS Office of Digital Health and Innovation, this grant program provides one-time grants for ISPs to meet certain requirements for future qualification in USDA and FCC federal grant programs.

Arkansas Broadband Articles

Arkansas Broadband Investment Maps

Arkansas broadband investment map ready strength rank

Arkansas Map of Ready Strength Rank

Arkansas broadband investment map yield on cost

Arkansas Yield on Cost Maps

Arkansas broadband investment pricing and competition map

Arkansas Pricing & Competition Map

Arkansas broadband investment map business establishments

Arkansas Map of Business Establishments in Underserved Areas

Arkansas broadband investment map small business establishments

Arkansas Small Business Establishments Map

Arkansas broadband investment map REC coverage

Arkansas Rural Electric Cooperative (REC) Coverage Map

Arkansas broadband investment map anchor institutions

Arkansas Map of Anchor Institutions

Arkansas broadband investment map provider coverage

Arkansas Provider Coverage Maps

Arkansas broadband investment map BSLs

Map of Arkansas Broadband Serviceable Locations