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Services

Rural Broadband Program Development

Small Texas cities, counties, and development authorities need the last-mile broadband infrastructure their residents depend on — the infrastructure the major carriers will not build for them. Faulkner Consulting leads these programs end to end: planning, funding strategy, design oversight, grant authoring, and construction administration.

What we do

  • Feasibility and program planning — needs assessment, service-area definition, network architecture, and phased build strategy
  • Funding strategy and grant authoring — federal, state, foundation, and private-capital stacks (EDA, ARPA, BEAD, USDA, and others)
  • Procurement of engineering services — RFQ/RFP development and qualifications-based selection (QBS) under Texas Government Code Chapter 2254
  • Design oversight — review and direction of fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network design, from metro Ethernet cores to distribution plant
  • Construction administration — contractor coordination, progress oversight, and owner’s-representative services
  • Stakeholder coordination — commissioners courts, city councils, development corporations, and capital partners

Representative engagements

Monahans and Ward County, Texas — Led planning, design, and funding strategy for a last-mile FTTP network: a 6-mile metro Ethernet loop with 30-mile distribution serving more than 2,000 residents and businesses. Raised $3.2M in program funding, including a $1.5M EDA grant. Phase II is underway to extend reliable high-speed service to additional premises.

Winkler County, Texas — Project-management oversight of the County’s procurement of engineering services to design a fiber network serving Wink and Kermit. Authored the RFQ, Commissioners Court memoranda, and public notice, and ran the qualifications-based selection process under Chapter 2254.

Snyder and Scurry County, Texas — In partnership with the Development Corporation of Snyder (DCOS), completed a planning, design, and cost-estimate report; Phase I final design funded through a King Foundation grant, City of Snyder ARPA funds, and private equity.

Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission — Broadband planning for Van Horn, Kermit, Andrews, and Denver City.

Let’s talk

If your city, county, or development authority is working through a broadband challenge, reach out: cfaulkner@ngioe.com.

Faulkner Consulting, LLC — led by Carroll Faulkner, PE. cfaulkner@ngioe.com