Tachus Fiber drops $100 million to go bigger in Texas

Tachus Fiber, with help from private equity partner Crosstimbers Capital Group, is set to spend $100 million to expand its footprint in the Houston (TX) metropolitan area. The company has the aim of adding 100,000 passings in southwest Houston by the end of 2025. Construction is set to begin in the fourth quarter of 2023, and will focus on the areas of Fort Bend and Harris County, including the communities of Sugar Land, Stafford, Mission Bend, among others. The company is deploying XGS-PON infrastructure that supplies symmetrical speed tiers ranging from 300 Mbps to 8 Gbps, with pricing for 300 Mbps starting at $65 per month. Tachus is up against fiber from AT&T and Frontier Communications as well as cable offerings from Comcast and Charter Communications in the Houston metro area. There are also fixed wireless services available from T-Mobile, Verizon, Rise Broadband and others. Another private equity-backed broadband competitor—Ezee Fiber—is also in the mix in the greater Houston area.