Carroll Faulkner, PE

I help small Texas cities, counties, and rural development authorities plan, fund, and build the last-mile broadband infrastructure their residents need — and that the major carriers will not build for them.

Current work

Through Faulkner Consulting, LLC, I currently lead project management, planning, design oversight, grant authoring, and construction administration for last-mile fiber networks across Texas:

• Port Aransas — cellular capacity and public Wi-Fi for the City and the Envision Port Aransas Committee.
• Winkler County — a fiber network that will serve Wink and Kermit.
• Monahans and Ward County — Phase II of the program is underway, extending reliable high-speed internet to an additional 2,000 residents and businesses.
• Snyder and Scurry County — in partnership with the Development Corporation of Snyder (DCOS).
• Andrews and Denver City — broadband planning across the Permian Basin.

Legislative work

During the last Texas Legislative Session, I authored HB 2964 (sponsored by Representative Landgraf), aimed at correcting the broadband-mapping issues that have shaped BEAD eligibility across our state. The Bill was left pending in Committee; we are re-filing it for the 2027 Session.

Where I am from

I am a product of Pecos — born in the rural West Texas town that hosted the world’s first rodeo in 1883. The communities I work with today are connected to my roots.

Let’s talk

If your city, county, or development authority is working through a broadband challenge, I would like to talk: cfaulkner@ngioe.com.