Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

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+ speeds. Some providers offer Dedicated Business Internet, which is a high-end product providing the customer with a unshared, dedicated and guaranteed bandwidth.

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/.
Phone: 800-903-0508.
Dedicated Business Internet: Limited in 2026, Contact: Charles Launius, claunius@wehco.com, 501-773-4758.

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.
Dedicated Business Internet: 10Mbps-100Gbps, Contact: Jamie Farrell, General Manager, 870-246-1841.

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.
Dedicated Business Internet: Contact for possibilities.

Brightspeed

Currently Serving: Most of Prescott city limits (2000/2000 service since September 4, 2025).
Web Page: https://www.brightspeed.com/.
Toll-Free: 833-692-7773.
Dedicated Business Internet: 10Mbps-10Gbps, Contact: Michael Mitchell, Michael.mitchell@brightspeed.com.

The company's DSL may be the only internet choice for some locations in Nevada County, even though DSL cannot physically provide broadband speeds.

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. One fixed wireless ISP has "home internet" that 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.