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

Zip codes served: 78861 area — Biry is served under the Hondo zip code district and does not have a dedicated community zip code.

Biry sits along the FM 173 corridor in Medina County, where the landscape is all ranch and farmland stretching toward the Frio County line. AT&T does not offer fiber service in this area, and legacy DSL on older copper lines is either unavailable or barely functional at this distance from the nearest central office. Spectrum does not serve rural Medina County. Starlink has been the primary option for anyone wanting usable broadband speeds.

The farming and ranching operations along FM 173 need reliable internet for practical reasons — not just streaming. Electronic records for livestock, market access for cattle sales, precision agriculture tools, and the communication needs of the families living on those properties all require a connection that holds up. STI's fixed wireless delivers 400 Mbps without data caps or the weather-dependent reliability issues tied to a satellite dish.

Addresses in the Biry area vary across rural routes and farm-to-market roads. Coverage depends on line-of-sight from our nearest tower, so call with your specific address or county road number before scheduling an install — we'll confirm whether you're in coverage and give you a realistic timeline.

Twelve Miles Southeast of Hondo on FM 173

Biry sits about 12 miles southeast of Hondo along FM 173, on Briar Branch Creek within the original land grant Henri Castro secured for his Alsatian colonists in the 1840s. The community took its current name in 1907, honoring founder Jacob Biry — before that it was known simply as Briar Branch. Devine ISD has served the area's students since a 1952 consolidation folded the old Biry school into the district.

A Quiet Corner That's Slowly Filling Back In

Biry's population dropped to just a couple dozen people by the late 1940s, but recent decades have brought a slow trickle of new residents commuting into San Antonio who want more land than the city allows. Those households run into the same problem every rural commuter in this part of Medina County does: DSL that can't keep up with a video call, and cable that was never run this far out. STI's Air Fiber towers already cover this stretch along FM 173.

Biry has never had its own zip code — mail here runs through the Hondo route, just as it did a century ago when the community was still known as Briar Branch. That kind of small-town continuity is common across STI's territory, and it's exactly the kind of address large providers still treat as not worth the investment.