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Quick answer: Texas won federal approval in November 2025 for about $1.3 billion in BEAD broadband funding to reach almost 243,000 homes and businesses, about 123,000 of them with fiber, and awardees get four years to finish. That means fiber splicers, boring crews and aerial line crews moving through rural Texas through 2030. Inez Spring Riverfront RV Park in Eastland offers fiber optic crew housing month to month for $500 to $650 plus metered electric.
On a fiber or broadband build crew? Inez Spring is a quiet, clean, family-friendly riverfront park one minute off I-20 at Exit 343, open year-round with free Wi-Fi. Monthly sites are $500 for a back-in or $650 for a 100-foot pull-through, electric metered at 17 cents per kWh, $200 refundable deposit, month to month. Nightly from $40 to scout first. Call or text (254) 629-1197 with crew size and dates, book a night online, or see monthly RV sites and crew RV sites between Abilene and Eastland.
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Fiber crews move every few weeks as the route moves, so a park on the interstate with month to month terms beats a lease. Data centers near Abilene are hiring fiber techs too. Here is what is driving the work and how to plan housing.
The Texas Broadband Development Office plan, approved on November 20, 2025, covers about $1.3 billion for almost 243,000 unserved and underserved locations: about 123,000 by fiber, 65,000 by satellite and 54,000 by fixed wireless, with four years for awardees to complete the work.
| Item | Published figure |
|---|---|
| Total BEAD funding | About $1.3 billion |
| Locations | Almost 243,000 |
| By fiber | About 123,000 |
| By satellite | About 65,000 |
| By fixed wireless | About 54,000 |
| Time to build | Four years from award |
Sources: Texas Comptroller, November 20, 2025, read November 2, 2026.
Check the Texas broadband map for awards in the counties you are assigned to; we have not seen a published BEAD award list for Eastland County. The data center campuses around Abilene are a second source of fiber work: on November 2, 2026, ZipRecruiter showed fiber optic splicing technician openings tied to data center work in Abilene at $25 to $35 an hour. Abilene is about 50 minutes west of the park on I-20.
A back-in site is $500 a month. A pull-through up to 100 feet is $650 a month. Electric is metered at your own pedestal at 17 cents per kWh and billed on top, so the honest total is site rent plus your own meter. We do not estimate the electric, because your rig and the season decide it. The deposit is $200 per site and refundable. Terms are month to month, so a crew can stay for one phase or the whole job.
If your company pays per diem, compare the monthly total with your lodging allowance. More on that in per diem RV living in Texas.
Send your start date, how long and how many rigs. The office replies the same day with what is open and a per-month total, electric billed on the meter.
About $1.3 billion, approved November 20, 2025, for almost 243,000 locations, about 123,000 of them by fiber, per the Texas Comptroller. Awardees have four years to finish.
Inez Spring Riverfront RV Park is one minute off I-20 at Exit 343 in Eastland, about 50 minutes east of Abilene, with month to month sites and pull-throughs up to 100 feet.
Usually. Fiber routes move every few weeks, so month to month terms let a crew leave when the route moves on. Inez Spring rents sites month to month with a $200 refundable deposit.
A back-in site is $500 a month and a pull-through up to 100 feet is $650 a month, plus electric metered at 17 cents per kWh. The deposit is $200 and refundable, and terms are month to month. The park is open year-round with free Wi-Fi.
Yes, when enough sites are open. Call the office with rig count, lengths and start date. We hold neighboring sites with a $200 refundable deposit per site and can set up one invoice a month for the company.
Texas has about $1.3 billion and four years to build broadband, much of it fiber. For fiber optic crew housing on I-20, crews can stay month to month in Eastland at a quiet, clean, family-friendly riverfront park with free Wi-Fi, for $500 or $650 plus metered electric.
Call or text (254) 629-1197, or request a block on the crew RV sites page. Solo workers can see all the details on monthly RV sites.
