If you have noticed digging in the rightof- ways, cables being laid and put into holes, and workmen around town installing internet equipment, it was more than likely the new internet provider for Cuero and surrounding areas, Rise Broadband/ Rise Fiber.
Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, Rise Broadband services 16 states, including Texas. The Cuero and DeWitt area is one of Rise’s newest ventures, bringing fiber optic internet capability to a rural setting. In the 2023 Texas state elections, voters overwhelmingly approved a proposition which would allow for $1.5 billion of taxpayer monies to be used towards bringing the internet to rural Texas residents.
“We have excellent partners in this region of the state, like Cuero,” Danny Garza, director with Rise, said Thursday at the ribbon cutting ceremony. Rise has been placing fiber optics, a much faster option for internet streaming and voice over internet protocol, in the DeWitt county area. “With fiber you get two to five times faster speeds,” Garza said.
