Bastrop County, Texas · address checker
Coverage is decided address by address — not town by town. Below is where things stand across Bastrop County and the surrounding area, and the one reliable way to know your own status: put your exact address in front of Highline.
Community guides
Deeper guides for the communities we're tracking most closely — local context, status, and how to check your address.
These appear in Highline's current Texas service list or came over with its Smithville network — so fiber is being delivered here today. Even so, confirm your specific address, since some streets connect before others.
The county's $43.1M grant is paying to wire 10,000+ unserved homes and businesses across Bastrop County, with completion expected in late 2026. That build reaches into the rural communities and county roads that DSL, cable and satellite never properly served. If you're in one of these areas, your address is part of the plan — check it to see your status and timing.
Bastrop County communities shown are part of the unserved-county build; Highline confirms each address individually. Named-town live status is confirmed only for the communities in the section above.
When Highline acquired the Smithville operation in October 2025, it also picked up fiber serving the towns just southeast of Bastrop County. If you're in or near these, you're on the same local network.
Why we can't just tell you "yes" or "no" by town. Fiber is pulled street by street, and a single road can be served while the next one over is still in the build queue. Highline's checker reads your exact address against its live network and construction plan — it's the only answer that's actually about your home. If your address isn't ready yet, the same form gets you on the list for your area.
If the build hasn't reached your road, you don't have to sit on dial-up speeds until late 2026. These are honest stopgaps — each works in some situations and not others. The golden rule: avoid long contracts, so you can switch to fiber the day it goes live.
T-Mobile and Verizon sell a plug-in box that runs your home off the cell network. No installer, no equipment fee, cancel anytime. Speed depends entirely on the nearest tower — excellent on some roads, so-so on others. Easy to drop the day fiber arrives.
typically around $50/mo, no contractA dish that talks to low-orbit satellites — far better than the old satellite internet, and it reaches places nothing on the ground does. Latency and heavy weather still trail fiber, and there's an up-front hardware cost, but it's a real option deep in the Lost Pines.
typically around $120/mo + dishA small antenna on your roof beams to a regional provider's tower. Good value where the coverage and the sightline both line up — trees and hills can block it. Ask neighbors on your road what actually works for them before signing up.
varies by provider & addressIf you've got service that gets you by, just hold it month-to-month — don't lock into a new multi-year deal to get through the next year. Staying flexible means you can jump straight to fiber the moment Highline lights up your address.
stay month-to-month if you canWhen Highline's fiber reaches you it will almost always be faster, symmetrical (upload as fast as download), and a better value per megabit — so treat anything here as a bridge, not a destination. Availability and pricing for these options vary by address and change often; confirm each directly with the provider.
One reliable answer
It takes a minute, it's free, and it tells you whether fiber is live at your home, under construction, or coming with the grant build.