Fiber Providers Do Texas Two-Step in Tyler

Tyler, TX will soon go from zero fiber up to two 100-percent fiber optic networks. Evansville, IN-based MetroNet, an independently owned fiber platform, just announced it’s going to deploy a network for delivering fiber TV, phone and internet service. MetroNet will fully fund the project to provide residents and businesses with symmetrical, gigabit speed internet service. Construction will begin this fall with the first customers coming online in the spring of 2022.

MetroNet joins Vexus Fiber, a Texas-based fiber service provider, which had already announced its plan to deploy a 100-percent fiber-to-the-home network to the city of Tyler. The town is just shy of 100 miles east of Dallas, connecting more than 40,000 homes and businesses in the area.

“Cities that invest in fiber networks and work to attract the top providers dramatically outperform less-connected cities in terms of citywide access to robust internet service,” BroadbandNow wrote.  

With construction beginning in 2021, Vexus Fiber plans to have full-network completion within 24 months. Some neighborhoods and businesses in Tyler will see network availability in 2022.

This network extension is part of an ongoing construction plan financed by existing investors Pamlico Capital and Oak Hill Capital, which will invest an additional $50 million towards the expansion into Tyler. 

   In July, Vexus Fiber announced that it will bring a 100-percent fiber-to-the-home network to the city of San Angelo, TX. Vexus will fully fund the network connecting more than 35,000 homes and businesses in the area.

Vexus Fiber plans to begin construction this fall with availability to some neighborhoods and businesses before the end of 2021. Full completion of the network throughout most of San Angelo will take two years.

In February, Vexus Fiber started construction on a 100 percent fiber network installation in Wichita Falls, TX, which was part of ongoing construction toward a 10 Gigabit fiber-to-the-home network connecting 30,000 new homes and businesses in the Wichita Falls area.