A Texas-based fiber internet service provider will be deploying $100 million to expand their foothold in one of the largest metro areas in the United States.

 

Tachus Fiber Internet, which currently serves around 40,000 customers, announced the investment into the build of their Advanced XGS Network Sept. 25. The project will bring multi-gig speeds to residents and businesses in Southwest Houston, according to Tachus. The company’s CEO said it will be a multi-year effort.

 

“Our Tachus, Advanced XGS Network brings symmetrical, multi-gig Internet speeds up to 8.0 Gbps for residential and 10.0 Gbps for commercial clients,” said Hal Brumfield, the CEO of Tachus, in a release announcing the new network’s construction. “With the ability to offer multi-gig speeds for both downloads and uploads, we’re providing the critical bandwidth, technology, and infrastructure Houstonians need now and into the future.”

 

The company said the network under construction is 100 percent fiber optic and will serve customers in the Fort Bend and Harris County markets. Costumers in communities like Sugar Land, Stafford, and Mission Bend will also directly benefit from Tachus’ network, according to a release from the company.

 

The network, which is going to be completely underground, will start being constructed in the last quarter of 2023. The company said the first customers on the network will be activated by the end of the year.

 

Tachus is one of several companies hoping to compete with the Houston area’s largest providers, which include AT&T and Comcast. In 2022, Fierce Telecom reported that Ezee Fiber spent $25 million to increase their FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) footprint to an additional 26,000 locations in the Houston area.

 

Brumfield said Tachus is targeting “residents of Southwest Houston have been let down by their primary cable company and other would-be ISPs for years” in an attempt to reach “under-served homes and businesses.”

 

“With the ability to offer multi-gig speeds for both downloads and uploads, we’re providing the critical bandwidth, technology, and infrastructure Houstonians need now and into the future,” he said.