East Texas fiber buildout tracker
The short version: This page lists announced builds with dates and sources. An announcement doesn't mean service at your road; check your address with the provider.
Hopkins County
| Date | Project | What was announced |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2025 | Nextlink fiber, Sulphur Springs | Construction begun on fiber to over 5,000 homes and businesses, up to 2 Gbps symmetrical. |
| Sept 18, 2025 | Spectrum rural expansion | Service launched to more than 1,200 rural homes and small businesses, including Brashear, Como, Cumby, Dike, Pickton, Saltillo, Sulphur Bluff and Sulphur Springs; speeds up to 1 Gbps. |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Frontier → Verizon | Verizon completed its acquisition of Frontier. Frontier says service continues during integration. |
Wider East Texas
| Date | Project | What was reported |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | DETCOG and Nextlink | Over $51 million in CDBG-MIT grant funds for a fiber and fixed-wireless network across 11 Deep East Texas counties (Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler). About 40% of locations in that region are reported as unserved. This project does not include Hopkins County. |
How to get notified
- Spectrum: spectrumruralexpansion.com
- Nextlink: check availability at nextlinkinternet.com
- Peoples Telephone Cooperative: broadband.gopeoples.net
Sources
- Nextlink: construction begins on Sulphur Springs fiber (Feb 25, 2025)
- Charter newsroom: Spectrum Launches Gigabit Broadband in Hopkins County, Texas (Sept 18, 2025)
- Frontier wholesale bulletin: Verizon acquisition closed Jan 20, 2026
- KJAS: JEDCO discusses land for Nextlink regional facility (DETCOG project, Oct 9, 2026)
- Spectrum rural expansion address lookup
- Peoples Telephone Cooperative: broadband availability