Internet Service Providers

The Nevada County Broadband Committee lists information for only the ISPs that provide broadband "unlimited" data without "throttling" or "overage" charges or have low-cost add-ons to make their plans truly "unlimited".

Broadband Providers - Residential and Business

The Committee has established relationships with these companies that help us evaluate partnerships for forming broadband initiatives in Nevada County. These providers currently provide broadband speeds over 100/20 and often have gigabit-class speeds.

CableLynx

Currently Serving: Most of Prescott (1000/50 since December 15-19, 2023) and Emmet city limits (1000/50 since December 21, 2024).
Web Page: https://www.cablelynx.com/.
Use the link for "Residential Service" or "Business Service" to see plans and prices.
Most plans have data limits, but the company offers a low-cost option for "unlimited" for those who need the extra capacity.
The company typically offers promotions on contract.
Phone: 800-903-0508
"Cablelynx Broadband looks forward to partnering with the Arkansas State Broadband office and all local officials in Nevada county to accomplish delivering broadband to unserved and underserved areas in Nevada county. It is our privilege to currently serve Nevada county residents with our Cablelynx Broadband service. If the opportunity presents itself to provide those residents in Nevada county who do not have broadband service, then Cablelynx Broadband would certainly consider providing our service to those residents." (Chuck Launius, Vice President for the Central Arkansas Region for Cablelynx, December 15, 2023)
CableLynx has completed construction in all areas for which they have received grants.

South Central Connect

Currently Serving: All the area in Nevada County (known as "Hope East") that receives power from SSC's parent company, South Central Electric Cooperative (1000/500 since December 15, 2022).
Currently Serving: Most of Prescott city limits (1000/1000 service since October 4, 2023).
Web Page: https://www.scaec.com/home-connect/.
Phones: Office: 870-246-3429, Toll Free: 855-269-3429.
Email: info@southcentralconnect.net.
South Central Connect is working to complete the build for "CAFII Aution" grants they received for portions of eastern Nevada County and for RDOF grants in much of central and southwest Nevada County.

Walnut Hill Communications

Currently Serving: Southwest and Southeast Corners of Nevada County (1000/1000 service since late 2022).
Web Page: https://walnuthilltel.com/walnuthill-fiber/.
Phones: Office: 870-921-4224, Toll Free: 800-255-1975.
E-mail: information@whti.net.
Walnut Hill have completed their build from "ARConnect - ARPA" funding in southwest Nevada County, specifically south of Nevada 3 / Arkansas 32.

Brightspeed

Currently Serving: Most of Prescott city limits (2000/2000 service since September 4, 2025).
Web Page: https://www.brightspeed.com/. If fiber broadband is not available, the site may quote DSL at speeds far less than 100/20, in which case you might want to look at another provider.
Toll-Free: 833-692-7773.
Employees of the company have indicated copper wires for telephone and DSL service are being replaced by fiber.
Brightspeed is the new name since Apollo Global Management had acquired the assets of the Lumen division of CenturyLink in August 2022.
Brightspeed is the preliminary "selectee" for BEAD grants at 635 locations in Nevada County, but construction has not started since the grants have not yet been awarded!

Satellite ISPs

Satellite internet service providers have been traditionally excluded from the Arkansas Broadband Office's list of providers because of the "Affordability" factor (high price). President Trump's "Benefit of the Bargain" forced two Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Non-GeoStationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite companies into the mix.

They are listed here only because they are the BEAD preliminary "selectee" at 66 locations in Nevada County and because they may be the only broadband speed availability for other locations until fiber can be installed.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX)

Web Page: https://www.starlink.com/service-plans.

Amazon Leo

Web Page: https://leo.amazon.com/ (renamed to Leo in November 2025).
Web Page: Project Kuiper.

LTE "Fixed Wireless" ISPs

Fixed Wireless internet service providers are excluded from the Arkansas Broadband Office's list of providers because they seldom provide broadband service of 100/20 or more. This fixed wireless ISP can meet the definition of broadband for some locations and can serve some customers in Nevada County. It may be the only choice or the lowest-cost choice for some locations in the county. Therefore, we include it in this list.

T-Mobile

Web Site: https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet.
Locations very close to their tower can have speeds in excess of the minimum broadband standard of 100/20. More distant locations (about 2-7) miles from their tower have reasonably good speeds.
$50/month, $35/month if your cellular service is with T-Mobile.
The device is easy to install: plug it in to a AC outlet and within minutes WFi® is ready. There also a couple ethernet ports.
They ship a device to you within a few days. We've also heard of picking up at a T-Mobile store.

AT&T, in the past, had a grant to offer home service, but none of the towers in Nevada County have the service available. Verizon offers home internet nationally, but has not yet made it available available in Nevada County Arkansas.

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Internet Service

DSL internet service providers are excluded from the Arkansas Broadband Office's list of providers because the technology is not capable of delivering broadband speeds of at least 100/20. Once internet service at broadband speed is available to all locations in Nevada County, this category will be dropped from our list of ISPs. This ISP is included in the list because it may be the lowest-cost option currently available to some locations.

Brightspeed

Web Page: https://www.brightspeed.com/.
Apollo Global Management acquired the assets of the Lumen division of CenturyLink in August 2022.
Services: DSL in much of their telephone service areas in Nevada County. Speed is a factor of distance, governed by the laws of physics.