Welcome to the Future
Barbourville Utilities is proud to offer Fiber-to-the-Home Internet connectivity with Blink — Barbourville's Gigabit Link. Blink delivers 50 Mbps, 100 Mbps and even 1 Gigabit speeds! Blink can handle up to 5 simultaneous HD signals into the home. Gamers will love the extremely high speed both up and down. Businesses will have a speed and data capacity advantage few rural communities offer today.
Barbourville's fiber optic network provides greater reliability than traditional copper-based Internet service. The data capacity of Barbourville's fiber-optic lines and the lack of interference (a common issue on standard copper-based lines) makes the light-driven data technology perfect for delivering blistering gigabit speeds.
Check your address to see if Blink is available for you and to view our coverage area.
Residential Blink Internet
50 Mbps
$40.00 /month
25 Mbps upload
Fast enough for most needs including streaming HD video, gaming, surfing.
100 Mbps
$55.00 /month
50 Mbps upload
Blazing speed and capacity to watch multiple channels of high definition video streams.
1 Gigabit (1,000 Mbps)
$75.00 /month
250 Mbps upload
For the demanding household, gigabit speeds make it possible to stream music in the kitchen, 4k video in the living room and a game in the kids' rooms without a problem.
Business Blink Internet
50 Mbps
$50.00 /month
50 Mbps upload
100 Mbps
$100.00 /month
100 Mbps upload
1 Gigabit (1,000 Mbps)
$250.00 /month
500 Mbps upload
Can your WiFi router handle Gigabit speeds?
A wireless router makes connecting tablets, phones, game consoles and TVs easy, and a gigabit router will pass the speed of your new Blink Internet smoothly to all your devices.
A wireless router makes connecting tablets, phones, game consoles and TVs easy, and a gigabit router will pass the speed of your new Blink Internet smoothly to all your devices.Regardless of your speed level, a gigabit wireless router can ensure your WiFi is fast enough to keep up. Barbourville Utilities strongly recommends a Gigabit Router and can provideWiFi services at a monthly rate of $7 /month.
So how much faster is Blink?
See approximate times for how long it takes to download movies, songs, videos, TV shows and audio books, compared to common broadband speeds.
| Download media | Approximate size | 5Mbps | 10Mbps | 20Mbps | 100Mbps | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-minute song | 4 MB | 5s | 3s | 1.5s | 0.3s | 0.03s |
| 5-minute video | 30 MB | 40s | 26s | 13s | 2.5s | 0.2s |
| 9-hour audiobook | 110 MB | 2m | 1.5m | 46s | 9.2s | 0.9s |
| 45-minute TV show | 200 MB | 5m | 3m | 1.5m | 16s | 1.7s |
| 45-minute HDTV show | 600 MB | 15m | 8.5m | 4m | 50s | 5s |
| 2-hour movie | 1.0-1.5 GB | 24m | 21.5m | 10.5m | 1.5m | 8s |
| 2-hour HD movie | 3.0-4.5 GB | 72m | 60m | 32m | 4.5m | 25s |
| Misc. Archive | 10 GB | Nope | Too long | Slow | Better | 1m 20s |
Internet Support
For Internet issues please call: 606-545-9206, Monday thru Friday 8 AM to 5 PM.
Each email account includes 25 GB of storage. Access to your email from anywhere in the world.
Instructions for setting up your email:
GigaCenter Installation Instructions
Additional Internet Information
Speeds are listed as best effort and are not guaranteed. All accounts have 1 dynamic IP address by default. Optical Network Terminal (ONT), monthly lease rate of $5. Businesses can purchase Static IP addresses for $25 each per month.
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