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.
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:
Additional Internet Information
Speeds are listed as best effort and are not guaranteed. All accounts have 1 dynamic IP address by default. You have the option to purchase a Optical Network Terminal (ONT), or rent one from us. We currently sell the ONT modem for $75.00 plus tax. If you choose to rent an ONT from us, the ONT rental fee will be $5.00 per month. Static IP addresses can be purchased for $25 each per month.
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