High-Speed Internet in Bigfoot, TX $65/month Flat Rate

Zip codes served: 78005

Bigfoot is in Frio County, south of Pearsall along FM 472 in some of the deepest ranch country in STI's coverage area. AT&T has no fiber presence in 78005 and DSL infrastructure on the old copper lines is limited and slow — when it works at all. Spectrum does not serve this area. Starlink at $120/month has been the default for anyone in Bigfoot wanting a real internet connection.

Frio County ranching operations are what this community is built around — cattle, brush country leases, hunting properties, and the seasonal rhythms of South Texas agriculture. Those operations increasingly depend on internet: livestock databases, lease agreements, weather monitoring, and the same video calls and remote schoolwork that every household needs. STI's Air Fiber handles all of it at $65/month without data caps.

The terrain around Bigfoot is flat to gently rolling South Texas brush — no hills blocking signal, which generally works in favor of fixed wireless coverage. That said, this is near the edge of STI's Frio County coverage footprint, and rural addresses scattered across county roads can vary significantly. If you're outside the Bigfoot community proper, call to verify coverage before scheduling an installation.

Named for a Texas Ranger

Bigfoot takes its name from William A. "Bigfoot" Wallace, the Texas Ranger and frontier folk hero who once lived in this part of Frio County — the community was originally known as Connally's Store before the name changed. It's a small footprint on the map, but the FM 462 and FM 472 intersection here has anchored the area since a post office opened in 1883, and an oilfield discovered nearby in the 1950s put Bigfoot on the map a second time.

Seven Miles South of Devine on SH 173

State Highway 173 connects Bigfoot to Devine seven miles north and runs southeast toward Jourdanton, putting this community in the stretch of Frio County where the major ISPs' maps simply stop. Households here have leaned on satellite by default, not by choice. STI's towers reach into this corridor with ground-based Air Fiber — a signal that comes from a tower down the road, not a dish aimed at the sky.

Bigfoot's population was recorded at 480 in the 2020 census, and the community has historically fallen within the school boundaries shared with Devine to the north. That small, stable population is exactly the profile that keeps major ISPs from building here — not enough rooftops per mile to justify the cost, regardless of how long residents have been asking for better options.